Yahya Al Ghotany: The Youngest Flag Bearer In Olympics History

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Yahya Al Ghotany has been chosen to be the flag bearer for the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony on July 26

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The 19-year-old taekwondo athlete fled Syria with his family and is now training in Jordan

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Despite all the challenges, he has become one of the youngest members of the ROT and one of the youngest flag bearers in the history of the Olympics

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Yahya had no choice other than to leave Syria with his family to find a safer place when the war broke out

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Once he arrived in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan, he started to practise taekwondo

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He now trains twice a day as part of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF)'s Azraq Academy

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After only five years of practising his sport, he reached black belt 2nd dan level

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In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com, Al Ghotany shared his excitement and pride in being chosen as the flagbearer

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"It is a very nice feeling, I had no idea that I was going to be the flagbearer," he says

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