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Sportsound Meets Pur Biel

Pur Biel was a member of the first ever Olympics Refugee Team competing at Rio 2016, and is the first refugee member of the International Olympic Committee.

Pur Biel was a member of the first ever Olympics Refugee Team competing at Rio 2016, and is the first refugee member of the International Olympic Committee. He shares his experience of fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, spending a decade in a Kenyan refugee camp, and shedding tears for only the second time in his life as he walked out at the Rio Olympics opening ceremony.

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Sat 9 Jul 2022 15:03

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  • Sat 9 Jul 2022 15:03

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