The Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) explained | CBC Kids News Explains

What is the EOR? Why do refugees have a team at the Olympics? Arjun Ram explains.
The Refugee Olympic team has now competed in two Olympic Games.
The first Games with a refugee team was Rio 2016. Tokyo 2020 has even more athletes.
Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee, swam at both Games. She has an amazing story that includes saving a boat full of other fleeing people when she tried to cross from Turkey to Greece.
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0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Belarusian sprinter controversy.
0:38 - What is the Refugee Olympic Team?
1:40 - Congolese born sprinter wins heat.
2:12 - Syrian-born swimmer Yusra Mardini
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