Highlighting what unifies the Refugee Team heading to Tokyo – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The International Olympic Committee has released a video illustrating what unites the Refugee Olympic Team!

Each Olympics, refugee athletes from all corners of the globe come together to compete at the games as a unified team.
On Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee released a video celebrating the athletes who will compete on the Refugee Olympic Team at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
Narrated by Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, the minute-long video depicts how the athletes on the refugee team are united by their choice “to keep our dreams alive.”
“We carry [our dreams] with us across oceans and deserts and cities,” Mardini says. “We brought them together to form a team greater than ourselves: one that defies borders and limits.”
Check out the full IOC video below:

The starting line doesn’t care who we are. Yusra Mardini reminds us that each refugee Olympic athlete has a different story. Each carried their dreams across oceans, deserts and cities to form a team that defies borders and belongs to everyone. #StrongerTogether #Tokyo2020 #Olympics.

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	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.