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Popole Misenga, 24, a refugee judoka from the Democratic Republic of Congo, wears his judogi before a training at Instituto Reacao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 14, 2016. - Misenga is a strong candidate for the newly created Refugees Olympic Athletes team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Congolese athlete --who has been split from his family due to the civil war in Congo since he was ten years old-- decided to stay in Brazil during the World Judo Championshio in 2013 together with fellow female judoka Yolande Mabika. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)