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YouTube Originals Olympics Refugee Series Hosted by Gabby Douglas

Strive

Join these athletes' journeys to see how hard they have to Strive to make the 2021 Games. Hosted by 3x Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas.

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How Not To Get A Sword To The Face

A Polish refugee who fled communist Poland as a child, Wozniak is already an Olympic Bronze medalist at Fencing.

Dagmara Wozniak

From Refugee To Karate Star

Wael Shueb fled Syria because he refused to shoot innocent civilians and took a torturous journey of escape that almost led to his death.

Wael Shueb

Love at First Flight

Parisa and Kasra were medal-winning Taekwondo athletes in their homeland of Iran when they were forced to flee.

Kasra Mehdipournejad, Parisa Farshidi

Running to Stand Still

Pur Biel hid with his mother and brothers in the bush to avoid government troops when civil war was ripping Sudan apart in 2005.

Pur Biel

A Refugee In Water

Saeid Fazloula fled Iran for his life. He now lives in Germany where he’s preparing to join the 2021 Refugee Olympic Team.

Saeid Fazloula

Why Skateboarding Is Now A Political Protest

He fled Yemen just before it plunged into a fatal civil war and can’t go back. But that’s not stopping Ryan Sanabani in his quest to the 2021 Olympics.

Ryan Sanabani

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