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Michelle Yeoh represents the Refugee Olympic Team at Paris 2024: ‘Support them with all your hearts’

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh attended the Paris Olympics to champion and represent the Refugee Olympic Team.</p><p>Michelle is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and of the Olympic Refuge Foundation.</p><p>The <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em> star met with the Refugee Olympic Team, composed of 37 athletes, in Paris prior to the global sporting event&#x27;s opening ceremony.</p><p>&quot;Super happy to meet some of the athletes from the refugees team!! Their resilience their passion their determination and talent is inspiring 🫶 our love and congratulations!! You are here in Paris 2024 💖💖,&quot; she posted on her Instagram page.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xU6uGC2Ut/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A7185648.100000143%2C%22ls%22%3A5651421.200000048%2C%22le%22%3A5651425.200000048%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xU6uGC2Ut/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xU6uGC2Ut/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9xU6uGC2Ut/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Michelle Yeoh 楊紫瓊 (@michelleyeoh_official)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The actress also recorded a video for the team, encouraging people around the globe to show their support to the refugee athletes.</p><p>&quot;They have fought harder and travelled further to get to Paris. They are the Refugee Olympic Team. Please support them with all your hearts,&quot; she said in a video uploaded by the Olympics.</p><p>&quot;And when you see them, show your support by sharing your heart with them. Together, this team is representing over 100 million displaced people. Let&#x27;s cheer them on loud, and proud,&quot; she added.  </p><p>Michelle also took the time to visit the building of the Refugee Olympic team at the Olympic Village in Paris.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C94tj25oWQS/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A7162549.100000143%2C%22ls%22%3A5651421.200000048%2C%22le%22%3A5651425.200000048%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The actress also attended the opening ceremony of the Olympics with her husband Jean Todt on July 26 at the Seine River. </p><p>&quot;It might be raining but what a parade!!!&quot; she wrote.</p><p>Michelle became a member of the IOC in October 2023.</p><p>In a press release of the Olympics last year, Michelle shared what she aspired to do during her tenure as a member of the committee.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/4/14/michelle-yeoh-brings-her-oscar-trophy-to-her-mother-in-malaysia-1857" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Michelle Yeoh brings her Oscar trophy to her mother in Malaysia</u></strong></a></div><p>&quot;Over the years that I’ve been working with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I realize the importance and the platform of what a family like this would bring... would help me with the causes or the work that I would like to do, &quot; she remarked.  </p><p>The actress went on: &quot;Today when I hear them presenting the refugee teams, I feel my work is almost cut out for me right there and then. And that being part of this family will enable me to use sports which is a universal language of love on so many different levels. And if you’ve been to the refugee camps, you will understand how it will help especially with the young children.&quot;</p>

<p>Michelle Yeoh is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and of the Olympic Refuge Foundation.</p>

Michelle Yeoh is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and of the Olympic Refuge Foundation.

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