CNN —The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems playing for every gold medal winner.
Except it was the Refugee Olympic Team crest that Ngamba held up as she celebrated the historic achievement of becoming their first ever medal-winning athlete after winning her women’s middleweight quarterfinal and guaranteeing herself a place on the podium.
Ngamba was born in Cameroon and moved to the UK aged 11, where she now trains, but represents the Refugee Olympic Team, which has allowed refugee athletes to compete at the Games since 2016.
Peter Cziborra/Reuters“I’m so grateful,” Ngamba told Eurosport after her fight.
“I’m over the moon, I had my refugee team, the crowd, France and Paris team, and everyone in my family to come and support me.
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