Saturday, August 6, 2016

Paralympic Refugee Team

Athletes to compete as IPA team

http://m.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/36985795

A team of refugee athletes will compete at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.

The Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA) Team will appear under the Paralympic flag and will parade first at the opening ceremony on 7 September.

The team will stay in the Athletes Village, with travel and other expenses covered by the IPC.

More, https://m.paralympic.org/news/refugees-compete-dedicated-team-rio-2016-paralympics

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