UNITED KINGDOM REFUGEES ATHLETES

A year on from the Olympics, five refugee athletes are competing again on the international stage at the Athletics World Championships being held this week in London. Two of the refugee athletes also competed in the Olympics in Rio. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:28
• Production Date: 4 August 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; SPORTS
• Geographic Subject: KENYA; UNITED KINGDOM
• MAMS Id: 1944959
• Parent Id: 1944959
• Alternate Title: unifeed170804b

Description

STORY: UNITED KINGDOM / REFUGEES ATHLETES
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: SWAHILI / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 AUGUST 2017, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Shotlist

1. Various shots, refugee athletes running in a park in London
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rose Nathike, Refugee Athlete:
“For me it (the championships) give me hope to continue with my career because at least its better when you are training and you achieve something and you participate in some other places. That can give you hope and courage to work harder at least you get used to the competition.”
3. Various shots, refugee athletes running in a park in London
4. Various shots, coach John Anzrah cooling down with Anjelina Lohalith Nadai and Bashir
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Anzrah, Athletics Refugee Team Coach:
“I am expecting as a coach to have a good result than the ones achieved in Rio.”
6. Various shots, Rose Nathike cooling down with the coach
7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Anzrah, Athletics Refugee Team Coach:
“These guys are peace ambassadors, they are telling the world with peace, maybe they could have been Olympic champions, but they have been affected by movement from South Sudan to come here. They are training now under difficult, very difficult conditions.”
8. Various shots, Olympic stadium in London where the competition is being held.

Storyline

A year on from the Olympics, five refugee athletes are competing again on the international stage at the Athletics World Championships being held this week in London. Two of the refugee athletes also competed in the Olympics in Rio.

Five refugee athletes in London from Kenya are set to compete in the World Athletics Championships opening this week, the first time in the competition’s 34-year history that refugees will be taking part.

Ahmed Bashir Farah, Anjelina Lohalith, Dominic Lobalu, Rose Lokonyen and Kadar Omar will be participating as members of the Athlete Refugee Team.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rose Nathike, Refugee Athlete:
“For me it (the championships) give me hope to continue with my career because at least its better when you are training and you achieve something and you participate in some other places. That can give you hope and courage to work harder at least you get used to the competition.”

For some, this won’t be the first time they compete at the international level. Anjelina and Rose were part of the Refugee Olympic Team in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016.

SOUNDBITE (English) John Anzrah, Athletics Refugee Team Coach:
“I am expecting as a coach to have a good result than the ones achieved in Rio.”

The athletes are pleased to have the opportunity to compete internationally after months of training in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

SOUNDBITE (English) John Anzrah, Athletics Refugee Team Coach:
“These guys are peace ambassadors, they are telling the world with peace, maybe they could have been Olympic champions, but they have been affected by movement from South Sudan to come here. They are training now under difficult, very difficult conditions.”