Twenty-nine athletes, who previously fled their home countries, were selected on Tuesday by the Tokyo Olympics to compete on a refugee team.

The group is set to compete in 12 sports after they were selected from an initial cluster of 55 International Olympic Committee refugee athlete scholarship holders, officials announced. The competitors will be represented by the Olympic flag and anthem when the games begin on July 23.

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