Sudanese 800 metre runner Rose Nathike Likonyen retains her place on the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020
  • Title Sudanese 800 metre runner Rose Nathike Likonyen retains her place on the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020
  • Publication Date 8th June 2021
  • Languages EN
  • Location Kenya
  • Press Release https://olympics.com/ioc/news/29-refugee-athletes-to-send-a-message-of-solidarity-and-hope-to-the-world-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020
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    The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. STORY SCRIPT: Rose Nathike Likonyen fled her South Sudanese homeland for Kenya aged just eight. Now she will compete in a second consecutive Olympic appearance for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020. It was at Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp her ability was discovered, including finishing second in a 10 kilometre race, but her talent was developed at the 800 metre distance when she joined a training camp in Nairobi.
  • Games Edition Tokyo 2020
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