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Brazil; Syria; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; South Sudan

Five athletes from South Sudan who will be participating in the Summer 2016 Olympics sit beside each other on a short set of steps near their training grounds in Nairobi

Meet some of the athletes who will compete in this summer’s Olympics as a team of refugees

Conflict

There are some 20 million refugees worldwide. And until now, none of them could have competed with any Olympic team.