Two Afghan athletes have arrived in Tokyo after escaping Kabul and will compete at the Paralympics | tomdecent
Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo and will now compete at the Paralympics after evacuating Kabul and spending time in Paris.
During Tuesday’s Paralympics opening ceremony, Afghanistan’s flag was carried into the Olympic Stadium by volunteers as an act of solidarity. “With global support from several individuals, organisations and governments, the pair were evacuated last weekend from Kabul to Paris,” the statement read. “This week the athletes have been resting and training in Paris at the National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance [and] the French sports ministry high-performance training centre. With a desire from both athletes to compete at Tokyo 2020, the pair arrived in the Japanese capital on Saturday August 28.
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