Sports discipline: Athletics, Swimming, Weightlifting
Production company: NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation
JAPAN 2020, 49 min
Director: Mariko Iino, Yoshiko Nakata
Editing: Yoshibumi Senoh
Photos: Kosuke Mitsuhashi, Kazuhiko Kozaki
Voice Off: Chris Wells
Producer: Hiroaki Ishizaki, Daisuke Koyama
Following the historic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the Olympic refugee team is ready to support the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics again. In recent years, a large number of people, currently over 70 million, have been forced to flee their homeland. Some of them turn to sport with the aim of landing on the largest stage in the world. Refugee athletes from Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon are overcoming formidable challenges on their long road to Tokyo.