terry, it's rather we'll start 3rd on the grid on sunday. and we have more sports, are you up next? it's sports life fighting for their rights in exile. it's the story of to arrange and athletes who found their salvation in sports and a new home in berlin. that's coming up next and remember there's more on d, w dot com for you, and you can follow. and instagram and twitter. i'm there until berlin. thanks for watching. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the world order. the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network also in europe. china is promising this partners rich profit. in europe, there's a sharp warning wherever except the money from the new super power will become

dependent on it. china's gateway year starts july 1st on dw. niko is in germany to learn german, hello. it's been equal. why not learn with him? w e learning course, eco's vague for the the the the the, it's training time is to take one day club in berlin petty's f. i c. d and asian games over medalist was born and bred in the wrong the. she was 11 years

old when she 1st tried this book and made it a pivotal top of her life. who's on the lot of tech linda has told me enough about patients and resilience and roughly not doing things competing with all the tension that involved. but also teaching the kids about what i'm trying to prepare them for me. i'm motivated on this and least that will to win. okay, now, and you really get catherine. maybe it's also from iran and likewise to come take one day as a child. he's now among the best in the world. even the 1st you have to because i'm not surrendering points here. but at the same time using their mistakes because school point of your own regular ah,

they can go like one is emotional out the teachers me to never give up. whether in competition or in my private life, it is in the casting, ah, 2 people living in exile for whom sports has been on vacation for reason and cancer . and now also a couple. they left iran independently of each other but both out of fear. so both it was the most difficult decision and then i they now live in berlin some 5000 kilometers away from their home country. i spend several hours a day meeting between their apartments and their training facility in london saturday. i love my new city, lynn sunday, and i'm gradually gets and use a life even if it's completely different. where i used to live a nice to see in a new country and in new home i left home. the 1st thing i noticed was

how there are laws that everyone has to follow in germany will finish right along each of the different in iran to k means when you don't really have that legal security you have. so that's been an interesting and positive experience. the it's the new scenario in various ways. back in iran, contra was a star, a multiple national champion in his discipline under member around ty, quando, team, me when anybody told me that you treat so many people just between leaving helen and getting in the tag. religion on the street, you say hi to friends, so that guy and the local supermarket who, you know, the market and that's something i really miss here. we are looking at it. you see

command is another, some c fingernails. that's why i had problems. the reason it was also known to the public as a member of the national team until the day when she was dismissed shortly after her greatest triumph 2nd place at the 2010 asian games. whether not, it was the 1st iranian woman in 30 years to make it into the final plan, which was just awesome for everyone in iran. i knew it would be live on tv, in the initial, the president of the iteration of me afterwards. why i had nail varnish on when i must have known it was being broadcast line on this apology. i was harming their image to be motivated. anybody has faith was ultimately determined not by her sporting prowess, but by her country's religious police. wearing a hit job was mandatory, not choice. and with the countries take one day team in the public. hi. she was to

very strict surveillance sister has my father was summoned and had to make a fool more commitment that i say my head would not be visible in social media for going on, which was tough for my father to join me to pay that amount. you know, he told me, i've been supporting you because i know this is your dream. to win a medal appeal lympics or the world champion, show me the lowland pitcher. maybe john. yeah. but i don't want to see my daughter broken that much. well, now i can see how much grinding you down and making you depressed me really. so they've all who she, how mission or how memories of her mental winning heroics at the asian games during the presentation. she was careful to hold her hands to her chest in order not to further upset the iranian morality police by shaking a man's hands. eventually, the pressure became too intense. while attending a seminar in germany in 2019, she decided not to go back home. she's not seen her family since at the mom allison,

i never had the intention of leaving iran on. i never had a proper goodbye with my family because i've been planning to come back with my bag . technique again is a good living in exile, also means having to find your way around and re finding yourself and the key part of that is learning. the new language for reason has been getting lessons from catherine holmes, who'd already been living in berlin for a number of years. ok. less muscle management. morgan very ish for me. tag flashed in this new place. doing then fresh to them for the counselor. i

was also in germany before period arrived. he's been here since 2017, but he's reluctant to talk about the exact reasons why he stayed out of fear for his family. rather than fellows are called with n m i. c. i don't want to go into details yesterday on the political reasons i wouldn't have felt safe home if i'd gone back. one jeremy should be in miami. i was just like paris. he hadn't planned to become a refugee but back home, he was at risk of going to prison. staying in germany meant starting from scratch. who he had with him was a satchel. like this one. for was a sausage. i got from germany was one of the safety. i knew i had supported and we'll be able to return to a normal life. while those are resuming my sporting cram is in a bag. although there are limits cannot support

a life in exile, also means having to fight for your own status, filling out applications, arranging appointments and spending hours traveling to different tools. so richie's cancer and theresa, unlike it's all, been an additional challenge. charlotte isn't even living conditions are completely different. it's a different culture and language. there are so many challenges and barriers that i have to overcome so that my life and continue with them all because those sports is always provided a welcome change and a big help. they also make the most of having access to the facilities at the german and then pick teams training center in berlin, offering my i'm calling to given so many opportunities that share my training site with well and champion. i'm coming to them. they don't

really differentiate, such as, despite me being a refugee athlete or, and, and not even a member of the german national team the on monday. so i'm really grateful. i appreciate the opportunity and intend to make the most of this. and i'm the who we are this just the for the going on with the training center was also pieris is way back in the sport. i can really let my mind go and work out with zeros and just have someone to walk in. and despite not having much time to train, it's gone quite well because it was no pressure on me how to get heat for shot. it along, the contra is determined to qualify for major tournaments. and when metals based athletes spend several hours a day training at the olympic facility and the tie, quando elite club in berlin, where they've also found a new sporting family with the club,

which means the sympathetic towards the plight of the 2 refugees, especially in the 1st few mom, when it wasn't even clear if they'd be allowed to stay in germany, the flu shot remembers that time of worry went on with the modem, which was really stay on and continue to fight. but we'll have to go back. of course that was an issue and showing go now and the training is not in training. he could switch off and focus on the concentration. but once he left the whole, that was of course, he was wondering whether this was all in vain. and they're going to have to go back over. this was on smart, like most, for the athletes have since been granted residence permit, sli visa is already setting herself new targets winning titles,

and being an inspiration for others. ultimately, she'll say wants to become a coach herself, something that's appreciated at the time. quando club, the youngsters training here are among the best in this to see what this man called testing working here with kids. they listen to me, even though my german is greater than one. yes, because kids on their own to here i wasn't sure whether i'd be able to make that connection with them rather than a subcommittee from day one. they seem to like me, is a big deal for me because i'm selling my user, but it's something else that's possible and permitted. here. catherine and perry's us squaring up to fight against each other.

then now reddening in a life of fulfillment. one in which they can focus on what they love, most, their sport, and each other the, even if living in germany meant leaving a lot behind over all the benefits outweigh any regrets use land. what about getting a lot of tournaments as a refugee whenever they ask me, i say, yeah, it was. was coming here. ah,

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