Refugee athletes compete for more than medals at Youth Olympics

Refugee athletes compete for more than medals at Youth Olympics

For Rachid Rochene and Lourence Numukiza, both 16, the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games are about more than sport. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they fled violence and still live as refugees, in Uganda and in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp as members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team.

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