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R.O.T – Refugee Olympic Team

Vanderlei de Lima

Vanderlei De Lima
De Lima lit the Olympic flame at Rio this year

Almost a gold medal winner at the Athens Olympics in 2004, marathoner Vanderlei Lima was pushed off his winning path by Irishman Neil Horan, then a priest. At the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, de Lima was felicitated at the Opening Ceremony of the Games, carrying the Olympic torch.

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