also lefty theo piazza refugee becoming a dutch citizen and world beating the middle and long distance runner but some athletes end up stateless. had to leave the democratic republic of congo as a young orphan but later competed at the rio olympics in the refugee team. at the tokyo games. to represent the same country that other top have been forced to flee from on the other hand the d.l.c. team has won some new fans. i'll be cheering on congo in the olympics. as so often sports is not a level playing field this athlete got a new passport in no time while this one had to wait and overcome a series of hurdles. it's not felt i could have competed for longer if i had a german possible tele out. but i had to wait 8 years to get it. and by then i'd gotten older. and in time it takes you just one or 2 years to get the passports in my opinion the rules around the fact that. the national olympic committee could even things up but the world's biggest sports organization has refused putting the ball in the court of the national associations switching nationalities in the sports world is a bit li