american journalist to enroll in one of these conversion therapy centers undercover . the one we chose is one of the best known it has existed for about 20 years and office courses spanning several days to gay men from all over the world. the website highlights fraternal friendship in a well being and masculinity it invites participants to register online who. are upfront about the pricing $650.00 for a weekend and to get in our journalist 1st had to complete a long medical and psychological questionnaire. they're asking if i've had a mental illness diagnosed bipolar borderline clinical depression. and a lot they're asking if i have a history of suicide attempts or if i threaten to kill myself when i see the

necessity. as if for addiction treatment he is asked to justify his motivations and sign an 8 page contract with a law making terms and conditions. just to be one paragraph states i will not have 6 cheering or after the course by the way the organizers all participants knew about. the address where the course will take place is kept secret until the very last moment. equipped with a hidden camera on journalist who calls himself felix has an appointment with one of the course leaders in this hotel parking lot. those in charge of very careful so far 20 american states have banned these therapies from minus and the starting to closely monitor the methods of these organizations.

felix will be taken to the place where the sessions are how. hello. how are you doing. 2 hours from philadelphia in the countryside on generalist is welcomed by someone who is in charge of the course and doctors i feel leaks feel a deal with and you see this robbery was. a quick fix. the identity of each participant is meticulously checked the person. watching the cameras electronics in the car i think it. also. makes me feel great. day to pick a great i like the rules a strict participants are not allowed to communicate with the outside world for the

duration of the course. it was a kick and in this room everyone sits in a circle and will have to do a series of exercises for 3 days including the baseball back a. the course leaders have convinced this participant that he is attracted to men because his father abused him as a child to shoot to work through his anger at his abusive father he has to hit a punching bag and it was. like there was a. cool masculinity is the weekend's key words and notion that trainers say is incompatible with same sex attraction. one of the key parts of this course is called the hugging exercise the

goal to learn tenderness between men without sexual urges the leaders ask the participants to think back to their childhoods will. we go through. the it. this course is just one step to be supposedly cured participants have to come back multiple times for years these methods are being denounced by former trainers. about 3500 kilometers from philadelphia is phoenix arizona. a former member of the sara p. group reinvestigated has taken up residence here for 3 years roger was a participant and then a course leader. he too hoped that these courses would save his marriage.

so these are pictures from my old wife this is me and my ex-wife when we got married in 1992. and i was 21 years old that's a long time ago. from childhood right you grew up in the mormon faith with its conservative values he followed a conventional policy. to a woman he barely knew he had 5 children in 12 years. so this. this was christmas of 2000 to a picture of a happy family on the surface my sex life in my 15 year marriage i can actually tell you to moment 2 times in 15 years that was like really great everything else was just very mechanical we have sex i have children i did have suspicions that i was gay i clearly i started developing feelings i would say when i was in high

school 1617 years old but in my world in the world that i grew up in that wasn't an option we didn't have it wasn't a choice and i live in a very small town where no one was gay the movement sent him to conversion therapy to combat what they called his desires we show him the images we filmed with a hidden camera he's familiar with the exercises and even introduced some of them himself through. this exercise or was specifically to help terry terry mans belief in himself down so that he feels like i have to be fixed because that's why i'm gay because i'm not masculine it and then they go out thinking that they're broken. considers the hugging exercise ineffective and questionable. they call it healthy touch. but it's incredibly unhealthy because it leads men to believe that this is going to satisfy their wounds and it's not they need their sexuality satisfied by being with

a man it's like giving an alcoholic of rum here you're not the whole again you're having a sugar a day here take a little sip maybe you'll feel better that's exactly what they do traumatized following the suicide of the depressed participant rosie realized these conversion attempts were doomed to fail where the guys that are recovered where the guys that are living happily ever after where are they and we would ask their leaders at the meetings we'd ask them to bring one in and let us let us see em they could never show us one because they're not there. today roger is divorced and happy with his new life. so these are pictures of my family now through the ages there's pressure of me and my new partner right here this is me and him this is just a few months ago is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me with him like i feel complete as a gay man i can really feel like it was a he was the last nail in the coffin if you will to shut my old life behind it was

like i finally feel like what i found as full and complete and whole as a game in which i never thought could ever happen. rogers 3 youngest sons know his new companion and instantly accepted him. their father has left the mormon church and he finally feels free from this social and religious pressure. our investigation continues in africa where 32 countries still criminalize homosexuality we head to tunisia. here gay people can face up to 3 years in prison as in morocco algeria to convict them the state uses particularly humiliating methods.

in this hotel in downtown tunis skandha a 21 year old gay man has been hiding from the police for several weeks. he has just been sentenced to 2 years in prison cast out by his own family he has no choice but to hide in this barren room. and this life changed 3 years ago when he was 1st publicly denounced and then convicted for being gay 2 more convictions followed he spent 2 months in prison. and is afraid to go back. to gods insulted us and hit us because we. scanned there was also the victim of a vicious anal examination that is only carried out in 8 countries it is supposed to provide proof of anal intercourse.

they made us do the test against our will to make the police made us enter the room in hong kong. walk to the time of the examination and i could not escape the doctor the police insulted us shouted at us and ordered us not to move. it was like being right. i didn't want. that except from 38. in a few days an association will try to help him flee the country said that he can avoid going to prison. the un human rights committee recognizes the aino examination he underwent as an act of torture. dr monzer honduran is the head of the forensic medicine department at the shiny called public hospital in tunis he is one of the only medical examiners who dares to speak of this practice and openly question it. on.

a story. that. it's here in this examination room that he receives gay patients brought in by the police. you saw me through that he gets on the table and we examine him with a learned the anal examination is done in a prone position. what is it meant to find. this thing we're meant to discover abnormal signs in the anal region or fishes. is it 100 percent reliable. what do you know it must be said that it's a visual examination it's not 100 percent reliable so a tear is not always from intercourse you can tear in other ways so we must be careful about the conclusion we draw. for the people who don't want to. move its energies on the journey these troubles medical examiners these cases disturb us

it's a dilemma we handed an official judicial request a court order can be refused but this is a requisition and it's binding. it is an examination that proves nothing and yet sends gay people to christen. in 2018127 were arrested inching isea and many cross the mediterranean to flee the country. skandha who says he has no hope left wants to do justice today he has an appointment with his lawyer well known in chief missier as an ardent defender of the gay community. for years moneer battle has been at war with laws he considers homophobic comes to the home. it's a disgrace a country that inspects its citizens innes's what's that

a completely backward practice not only humiliating for those accused also diminishes tunisia's. to keep scandal from going back to prison the lawyer pleaded his case with the french embassy. sentenced by that unity in courts the young man can apply for political refugee status. bravo and i'm really relieved that the embassy has confirmed that they have granted you a visa to go to france so you'll be an asylum seeker and aren't allowed to come back to 10 asia are you sad because articles that says it is an interest in the obese not to come but. i'm already cut off from all my family here anyway i'm all alone. now you have 4 days until you leave tunisia if you hope so keep quiet and don't get arrested with this if you have a conviction over your head and see

a wanted notice can be issued for you so you have to be careful please don't go out too much with her she will of course and then be the deal here's your plane ticket your flight is at 2 pm ok in a few days scan the flies to leon in the record of the and don't forget your passport. before his departure skandhas boyfriend sabriye comes to say goodbye. they've been together for 2 years. for you a k 12 yesterday the moment you have my number call me and take care of yourself. yes of course. some priest family does not know he has come his parents a fall muslim very conservative they don't know he loves another man moans the most

of them so don't know who told you i can't tell my family they might throw me out. i know what they want they want me to get married but i refused to go this far loves ganda it's going to be hard having him so far away from me i want to leave the country to. do. the next day the time has come. for the lawyer minea has come to pick up skandha they need to move fast so he is not spotted by the police. as he is every time he helps young gay people escape the nia is why wait until the

last moment he knows scanned could be arrested. if they ask a customs why you're going to france say you've been invited by an association to attend a meeting there ok. ok. money i will accompany scandal all the way. the young man seems a little lost it's his 1st time on a plane to avoid attracting attention with filming with a cell phone. you don't know. i've given him a bit of money so he can buy a sim card or something to eat. otherwise he has nothing now. the people we send there are absolutely i mean there's. a hasty farewell embrace. skandha has

to go through customs. just like i'll be relieved when he calls me from inside to tell me he's boarded why you still want to return home to be there could be a wanted notice for him that i don't know about the. sky and the flies alone to leone hoping not to be arrested before his departure. among the african nations that criminalize same sex acts uganda in east africa is one of the most repressive. you. buried in this small cemetery 2 hours from the capital is one of you. ganders best known activists david catto a 47 year old gay man was murdered with a hammer in 2011. david's

mother and 3 of his closest friends came to pay their respects. gay activists fought for years alongside the late campaigner it was. homophobic you know doing this. because he was. teased this. is. one of the tabloids. back then a proposed law in uganda called for the denunciation of lesbians and gay men the faces and the names of 100 of them were published in the press it triggered a manhunt. in the local fia. in 2014 a ugandan court struck down the country's anti homosexuality act which had gone and international condemnation but gay people are still considered criminals and they

can still face a knife in prison. in this country of about 44000000 inhabitants has one of the fastest growing economies on the african continent with a growth rate of around 7 percent but behind this image of modernity nice a deep rooted homophobia. closely affiliated with power. religion is everywhere here all the way to the streets 85 percent of ugandans the christians and 14 percent muslims there are a few just senting voices most direct line din their homophobia and their support of the government's homophobic legislation. in the muslim community only the toba movement a radical branch of islam agrees to receive us and discuss the subject of homosexuality. with the mosque spokesman shaikh ami do and

assyria has no qualms about making violently homophobic remarks. almost a traitor we're going to dinner tonight because this disease that is a prevailing in the bush still. has stages is what i mean flu is particularly for all the world to countries but you know you start eleanor and you are out so you for your reason then i think it's good. for news then so that obviously you can have a fear. and if your son said he was gay how would you react i do know that. i know still from the. associate to the maestro quantity journalist because i don't want to see who might be talking to me sharing with me and even in this subdivision that i'll be limiting

to him company to the store. on the outskirts of the capital kampala behind this gates is one of the few n.g.o.s helping them it's name icebreakers. about 10 young. people are housed in this shelter one of very few in uganda. because being. driven out by their parents victims of daily assaults they know they are safe here. if you are here as long as you strip i don't do anything but as long as you are here we. are there and this is elvis the director of the

association fears intrusions and police raids so we had a security system installed. in total there are 6 cameras 2 outside and 4 inside connected to a security piece saying. these and necessary precautions a year ago elvis was the victim of an attempted murder he narrowly avoided the car of a man who tried to run him over. i fear for my life every day when i'm moving when i'm sleeping when i'm going somewhere when i'm in when i'm outside i get a feel for my life there's a deal we are in fact some people would find your narrowed to really want to kill you. there's nothing we can do because we don't go into our police the police will come under police wait up to kill me because of my situation by the person who

is trained to kill me is good being there for. the people taken in by ice breakers have all suffered violent assaults one time or another shell me 21 was attacked by neighbors with machetes concrete blocks and i guess he now remains cooped up in this shelter unable to live a normal life. to get the jewels been detained and now has to be in speaking into the school to think. for those who like shami do not dare go to the hospital for fear of discrimination the icebreakers association has opened a small clinic a volunteer doctor comes. when to give consultations up until 2014 allure oblige health care staff to denounce gay patients. blood pressure is ok.

under the law say is if the health. cheat homosexuals. they are kind of like. should reported to police if you don't you also kind of like. this law has now been abolished but gay people are still discriminated against by many in the medical profession as a result 14 percent of the gay community is a child be positive compared to 6 percent of the general population. and now we go back to from in leo vanstone regional director of the association nuclear fusion comes to get scammed the young gay to new zealand who fled the country in the end he managed to evade the police. i can tell you were happy and proud to welcome you. every year vanstone welcomes dozens of french and foreign gay people

to leo and the association looks after more than a 1000 young. people across from us already do like to want to. say we're going to your flat so you can meet your flatmate is a really nice guy ok ready. skandhas future apartment is located in leone city center. situated please turn off the camera we don't want people to see where the flats are. why. the young people might be at risk that's fine because of their family or community. they're at risk if people know where they are . some of their lives have been threatened like sky this new flatmate. who doesn't want to be filmed. for going to work in about a month here's your flagship after dinner i'll give you the heat. so

secure your flattery here thank you for missions going up let's have a look the 70 square meter apartment is rented by the association alongside about 10 others in the city. for no conclusion on the phone for a few days until room becomes your brain you'll sleep here ok and it's all set up now. more serious question all decision now i often tell these people remember you're in a country where you have rights gay people have rights homophobia is illegal so if someone insults you in the street or attacks you you can file a complaint and they'll get in trouble and are the problem. when we leave scandal that night seems a bit full no one. ringback ringback ringback 5 months later we check in on him again the young man has regained his confidence. they've paid after major city seaton me me me me

key. he has been granted refugee status and every week he takes classes to improve his french he's a hard working student so friendship what's friendship a relationship between friends and sense friendship is it important to you of course if you tell him have you made any friends and be all theirs and yes i have some already yeah. that's great scott and our i'm proud of you. thanks. since coming to front skandha has dared to dream again he wants to become a headrest and will soon start his training. in leo he can walk openly through the streets he's no longer hiding. in the

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w. this is the devaney news live from the land pope francis delivers a message of unity on the 2nd day of his historic visit to iraq he met with the country's top shia cleric before hosting an interfaith painting to the pontiff types to encourage iraq's muslim and christian communities to work together to take also coming out more and rest in the on modest security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades the protesters this week saw the deadliest day since the military coup began and the u.n. is edging action against the moneths. class all of seeing u.k. and the e.u.

trade tensions threaten to undermine the brics a deal and there are fears it could disrupt the delicate balance of peace on the island of ireland. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program it's day 2 of pope francis's historic visit to iraq is aiming to rally the country's minority christian community whose numbers have dropped significantly after years of war and persecution the pope began the day in the holy city of najaf where he had a private meeting with the grand ayatollah ali sistani one of the iraq's most powerful figures in shia islam. a meeting that was months in the making every detail carefully planned after a photo op the 2 men spoke privately for 40 minutes the ayatollah reportedly

telling the pope he also believes christians should be able to live in peace in iraq and enjoy the same rights as other iraqis it's a powerful statement from sistan he who rarely makes his opinions known when he does shiites in iraq and around the world take note. later the pope arrived in the ancient city of moore known as the birthplace of abraham the biblical patriarch revered by christians muslims and jews a fitting place for an interfaith meeting where francis underscored his message of . peace does not demand the winners or losers but rather brothers and sisters who for all the misunderstandings and hurts of the past are journeying from conflict to unity. in praying for peace in the middle east the pope singled out syria ravaged by

a decade of civil war and he condemned religious extremists who use terrorism to achieve their aims. on sunday pope francis will see firsthand the destruction left behind by the terrorist islamic state when he visits the group's former stronghold in the northern iraqi city of mosul. more honest to start visit i'm joined by vid of a religious affairs correspondent not gak the pope's now met with ayatollah sistani why was there meeting so important. well the main reason is that both are essentially the most important figures within the religious denominations and groups so to some degree the pope comes into iraq not only representing the catholic community but becomes to some degree an i'm busses or a spokesperson i book a thing for the cause of christians not only in iraq but in the region and sistani

being essentially the leader the time to leave there to some to some degree again. muslim shias becomes also one of the most important are not tudor's in the bleed off the boat for christians in the region mainly because of a lot of the violence that. christian groups in iraq and in syria have seen has been basically coming from from she shiite groups although of course sunni sunni terrorists themselves are an issue so this is a very long very long planned meeting there were there were many attempts or so it's reported in general sistani had not agreed to meet with with essentially members of the vatican or people i mean but he agreed to meet with the pope so he's really momentous a momentous occasion and now pope the pope has denounced that extremism and violence that you were just mentioning any violence in the name of religion and

cold for communities to work together but what can he realistically a change as far as interfaith dialogue. well i mean the the soup borat and in the open supporting the statement of you know in the statement of. basically regular regularization of relations and then dorismond to be it's a life with full rights and obligations for christians in the region we danes shia communities are in the midst of communities of course on the part of dunces a major major development over usefully i mean the question then becomes what will be the reality on the ground us months and weeks and months from go on and i think that that's something that remains to be seen but generally speaking the way that these things have worked out for these bob to see is. you know we get a glimpse from from the perspective of the media as to what is that happens with

a badge and and the meetings and so on but it's really sort of the ground we're being led by diplomats working in the vatican and sort of. all of the people that are involved in the process that really ultimately bring about the kind of changes that in many many other theatres the vatican has actually achieved. not what else is on the punch edgel for the rest of the visit. well i mean he's going to. and he will be holding a musts and these this were the larger crowds expected. and obviously decease to be because of the day sunday but also because it being a mass it is bound to be sort of the most. the most important thing in terms of media and in terms self in terms of public appearances but i think that at this falling to mean the movement through water which case according to the bible the

birthplace of. and and this it in that are ready essentially the big the big episodes are events politically. of this trip. they have a religious affairs correspondent thanks for that out that you're welcome. and to me now where the un special envoy there has called for a robust international response after this week's violence against protesters she made the remarks during a closed door meeting of the u.n. security council in new york the council's unlikely to pass a resolution on myanmar because of china russia's veto wielding seats more than 50 people have been killed over the past 7 days as protest as there calls for a return to democracy. the march for democracy perseverance in me and maher despite brutal crackdowns by

the military authorities. demonstrations are regularly dispersed by tear gas the violence has escalated in the last week. with radio free asia published this c.c.t.v. footage it allegedly shows authorities beating up medical volunteers in yangon on wednesday the broadcaster says they were then taken to prison the video follows reports that police opened fire on medical workers in the city where several protesters died. self-styled front line protesters keep the demonstrations going they acquit themselves with shields helmets and gas masks and it's their job to assist anyone injured. worker a little dinner rule those who died in the revolution had families of the original

where they had their whole lives ahead of them some of them were younger than me it makes me very angry but we can't do anything so we are protesting peacefully and have to fight until the end goal for the old body was. hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 25 year old our carmel he was one of many who died on wednesday. the rest well they had their whole lives ahead of them john wanted to lose some of them were younger than me it makes me very angry but we can't do anything so we're protesting peacefully and have to fight until the end goal here the old order. hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 25 year old r. carmel he was one of many who died on wednesday.

the revolution must prevail the mourners chant together. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world indian farmers have blocked a 6 lane highway outside delhi to mark the 100th day of protest against the deregulation of agriculture markets the farmer say laws imposed last september hurt them by opening up the sector to private players several rounds of negotiations between family doesn't the government have so far failed. in poland a bus carrying dozens of ukrainian citizens has crashed killing at least 5 and injuring dozens more the bus careened off the road in the southeast of the country near the ukrainian border there was no immediate cause given for the accident. in australia tens of thousands have turned out for sydney's iconic gay and lesbian mardi gras due to coronavirus restrictions this year's event took place at the city's cricket ground to allow for social distancing it's one of the biggest events sydney has seen since the start of the pandemic. the european union has promised

legal action after the british government extended a grace period for checks on food imports to northern ireland it's a move that brussels says breaches the terms of the brics it divorce deal the u.k. says it's taking steps to fix the trade issues but there are growing fears that this latest fork in the road over breaks a trade could threaten pace. these trucks carrying goods from england scotland and wales on to ships that cross the irish sea to northern ireland here in belfast products arriving from the rest of britain the subject to import rules from the e.u. under brakes it northern ireland has remained part of the e.u. single market for goods checks aren't fully applied yet but the u.k. has decided to extend these transition period for some products without asking the e.u. 1st that's illegal brussels says and undermines the brigs that deal the european

commission will respond to these developments in accordance with the legal means established by the withdrawal agreement. but britain says breaks that supply checks are causing huge disruption a delay it says will give businesses more time to get used to the new rules. we're taking some temporary technical measures to ensure that there are no barriers in the. make sure that things flow freely. and that's what you need to get the tensions on just affecting trade paramilitary groups on happy with the brakes a disruption have temporarily abandoned northern islands historic 998 peace deal known as the good friday agreement the groups are not planning a return to violence but it's heightening fears that northern ireland's delicate balance of peace is being destocking belies. don't have any reports

gel delroy has been following the story for us joe thanks for coming in what's behind the latest brecht's that impulse well this is all about what is not happening and what is not happening right now are customs checks on goods going from the u.k. into northern ireland europe wants those checks to happen because it's worried about unchecked british goods sneaking into europe through the back door of northern ireland the u.k. doesn't want those checks to happen because it says it could cause delays and result in empty supermarket shelves in northern ireland now the u.k. is actually of blige to start imposing those checks under the terms of the brig's a trade deal do you remember that trade deal it was signed in the end of last year it's having that last minute deal well as under the terms of that deal the u.k. was given an extra 3 month period in which it had to start imposing these checks now that 3 months so-called grace period is almost up however london says it's not

ready yet and it has given itself extra time until october before it starts introducing those checks brussels says you can't do that that's in violation of the terms of our trade deal and that's why it is now threatening legal action ok it had more complicated trade stuff to tell us what it actually means the real life. as you mentioned empty shelves but what else well it could actually be more serious than that because we've heard that paramilitary groups in northern ireland that a loyal to the u.k. say they are withdrawing from the piece of code the so-called good friday agreement and of course there's also on the other side the european parliament now the european parliament says that it may delay voting to ratify the brig's it trade deal which is supposed to do in april and if it does that will be right back to where we started at the end of last year with the potential of a no deal scenario and more potential trade calles and there is already plenty of border chaos trade between germany and the u.k. fell by 30 percent in january so it's another example of how briggs it really is

a messy divorce than with a never ending fights and the ones who end up losing are the kids who are this case are citizens and businesses more never ending try talks recently don't want that all right thanks very much jill. that's it you're up to date this hour sports life looks at a rocky road of it tokyo olympics that's up next a change that we want to use at the top of the hour drive to get you can always get the latest headlines on our web site at state of utah com i'm rebecca reaches in for then we'll see you next time.

today don't miss our highlights. new program. w dot com part large. international women's day. women visible around the world their voices to protest especially because the sentiment is exacerbating inequality muso choosing women more fighting for self-determined life in demanding change. africa will do develop when a guy is given the rights and chances like the voice. women. not just on international women. are indeed o.b.o. .

these athletes have a dream it's more than a big competition the olympic games i just want to be part of it the biggest sporting event in the world rules you have to be your very best and then you can beat anyone. but the pandemic has thrown everything into doubt will the games take place at all as we don't know if there will be any competitions that's pretty difficult to deal with the power athletes dealing with the challenges of the pandemic we join fool on their road to tokyo. to ole ready qualified to still fighting for their tickets. will this dream come true.

alexandra and dolo hasn't yet secured her place at the games today after months of waiting and training she's finally back in a competition. she's finally feeling her adrenalin return even if it wasn't there to help her pack a bag. i actually had to ask myself several times if i got everything i needed usually i just get it right automatically. with international travel off the cards the competitors are all german it's nonetheless an important test after months of inaction.

endos still has to qualify for the olympics and today's tournament is an important indicator of the level of competition. she was the favorite in leipsic the disappointingly she wasn't the one who won. still days like this are irreplaceable for an athlete like alexandra and all of that you don't have to even just hearing that a player larry or ready to go from the referee is something else. coming back to the starting line as well meaning with us of course we do that in training as well but it all blurs together a bit every now and again we take the time but it's not the same as it is here. the soviets years. high jumper memory loss young flight has already booked her place in the games but while she can train she hasn't been able to compete since 29 scene.

she supported by her family in the black forest here in fryeburg is where her sporting journey began with the others and it's really nice to be here it was where i started my sporting career i never had a really serious call i just enjoyed it but of course i wanted to improve but i never made it to my goal to jump 2 metres or even higher i just wanted to have fun i used to jump a little higher at every competition and i thought if this keeps up it could turn out well until i get out there if it is good i hope she made it all the way to the olympics in 2016 age 25 she placed 7th in rio. since then pressure and media interest have been constant visits to her mother help the athlete stay grounded. but to hope that we're here to put this is where her roots are and her family and everyone else it's important for her to come back to her roots to reenergize to cool off or to just be. not necessarily the athlete that

everyone always asks after just herself and i think that's important for her. of a lot of us to see old. young fresh ones to go to tokyo this year that corona and look down are testing her patience. the local rules are strict and include a nightly curfew from 8 pm. country 4 i'll be so happy when it's finally over to be able to go out again like normal not to have to be home at 8 to be able to meet friends to things spontaneously i need that and i'm missing it often feel. thomas roller won gold in rio corona has slowed him down by a year to. go

over and throw those runs in 2020 we all got to know our hometowns a bit better going for a world has become the new people sport we're all going out if you can travel then you focus on what's right in front of your door. for the house. has also been focusing on his javelin throwing technique. and. we've done a lot of work on a number of different aspects i wanted to take a step back in terms of technique together with the coach to return to an older technique it worked well going back to the roots a bit and then in terms of strength it's always a bit risky. because of years of the year before and it. really has changed the moment at which he turns into a side on stance he's yet to test the technique at a competition still he's qualified for the games and he's feeling positive. is a reason for hope and i've got a huge advantage in that i'm in the middle of my career i've already competed

against the very best achieved a lot of success and that relaxes me going forward it's a lot more difficult for people who are at the end or the very beginning of their careers. muslim fold man is preparing under plenty of pressure for her 1st and against. those in our support and it's the biggest event there is. she wasn't nominated for 2022 corona has given her a new chance when tokyo was postponed squats were reshuffled a dream is alive but the competition is stiff. competitions have been cancelled and training conditions are tricky as a result of the corona restrictions.

i'm really missing group training because there we have different partners and we always get in a lot more practice that's why i for one. february 2021 and alex and dole is backing in her daily life and the time of growing up. jogging in the park is a welcome escape. from some of the thank you very much gotten used to it but it's dragging on a bit. and yes. it's been months almost a year now and in that sense i had an international competition. that takes it. a little bit qualifying is set for mid march it's in at the deep end for the fence so after a long time without any international competition. scene

that comes a focus we'll have to see whether it's possible to get right back into things. to say ok this is how koreans chance i remember this i'll be fine. yes it's going to be interesting. for trying. there's news for madelyne folks but it's not good she's still not been able to compete and in the end the inevitable happens. my coach called me and said there are we nominating the previous nominees and i'm not one of them. i don't need be there if someone else can make it. up before i've accepted it but it was painful at 1st because i had a goal and i've been training towards it for

a long time. as me so i felt as with like it's not easy it's something i think about every day of course you end up asking yourself is it worth carrying on but you have to look at it in a different light i've still got a chance for paris and i'd like to try and take a. lean fold man's road to tokyo and say here next time is paris 2024. from memory lawrence young fleisch paris is still a long way away she wants to perform but an injury is forcing her to miss the german indoor championships. despite the corona break and the injury she's trying to stay positive. said i've enjoyed the freedom from pressure. i've been an athlete for

1516 years always competing. well i know that it's been pleasant to have a year off. i'm going in. corona has given many a chance to return to their roots and that includes top athletes. marie lawrence's father is from the caribbean island of martinique as the oldest of 6 siblings she's always been possessed of mental strength. as if we would really admire my daughter she said unbelievable she's been doing it for years despite a lot of hardship she's so strong i think it's amazing i really admire her one that was there as a. young fresh hopes to return to competition can my but it all depends on the infection rate. yeah i think on this one i'm really looking forward to the 1st

competition i know that i'll be incredibly nervous especially because i've got a new run up on the 3rd i'm looking forward to jumping against others showing what i can do and what my coach and i have been working on these past months. but will the tokyo games take place at all the idea of hosting such a large event is becoming less and less popular in japan if they do happen it's unsure how they'll look. represented progress i think it's a huge shame but it looks as if will be competing without spectators i love sport with all the emotion with the spectators and their support they give us a real boost but at the moment it looks like that's going to be missing the obvious these are. the uncertainty continues in japan and germany all over the world what happens if the corona case numbers start rising is that it's a knowing not knowing what will happen what's in store for our 3 remaining athletes

will alexander and dolo qualify. there are times when we're sitting at home a lot and that's pretty hard to deal with as are all 3 still dream of travelling to the world's biggest festival of sport in september will their dream come true. during the conflict zone to sebastian. the world health organization is under fire from governments who still exists only means with showing that during the pandemic my guest is me from copenhagen is the european regional director of the w.h.o. comes clean so she will be my position of the day to stand up to the chinese when it leads to. conflict. on w. . to 77 per cent and it's good to make

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