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Christopher Zumski Finke blogs about pop culture and is editor of The Stake.

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Olympians Without Nations: First-Ever Team of Refugees Heads to Summer Games

Yusra Mardini at the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 training pool in Berlin, Germany. Mardini is one of 10 refugee athletes who will compete as a team during the Rio Olympics. Photo courtesy of International Olympic Committee.

With 20 million refugees worldwide, the International Olympic Committee announces a new team to make the games more inclusive for people without a nation to call home.