Five runners who fled South Sudan have been given the chance to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as refugees.
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Five South Sudanese refugees who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games prepare to fly from Kenya to Brazil. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
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