Cyclist Eyeru Gebru fled Ethiopia after the outbreak of the Tigray war and is set to represent the Refugee Olympic Team at Paris 2024.
"The war started and everything got really bad, but I chose to be strong and focus on my dreams. That helped me to get through that hard time."
"It was hard because I was really good in school, and when I started to race I needed to choose," she said. In 2017, she got an invitation to train at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland but three years later, soon after she returned home, events were to drastically change her life. Instead, she claimed asylum in Nice, France. It was a decision which meant she was unable to compete professionally for two years."I wasn't racing or training, but I just kept believing. I didn't want to give up easily, even though the truth was really hard."
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