Against all odds: the story behind the refugee Olympic team

Every Olympics has its “thing”. Something bigger and more important, which transcends the Games, sport or its athletes. In 1900, it was the first woman to ever compete. In 1936, it was Jess Owens taking a defiant stand against the Nazis. In 1968, it was Black Power. In 2016, it was refugees.
Between London 2012 and Rio, the global refugee crisis had reached an unprecedented scale. In 2012, 11 million people were living as refugees or asylum seekers. A year before Rio’s opening