Tag: Win Htet Oo
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Myanmar’s Top Swimmer Gives Up Olympic Dream to Protest Military Coup | TIME
Win Htet Oo worked all his life to become an elite swimmer, with the dream of representing Myanmar at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But after the Feb. 1 military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government in Myanmar, he forfeited his chance at Olympic glory, saying he would not represent the military junta in international…
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Myanmar Swimmer Will Boycott Tokyo Olympics to Defy Military Junta Following Coup | South China Morning Post
Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo has gone public with his intentions to forgo qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in what he describes as a form of protest against the “military dictatorship” in his homeland. The athlete now based in Australia had previously written to the International Olympic Committee asking to compete as a neutral athlete,…
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Myanmar Swimmer Win Htet Oo Gives up Olympic Dream to Protest Junta Violence
Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo has abandoned his chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics as a protest against the military junta’s violence. In an April 10 statement, the 26-year-old said joining Myanmar’s Olympic team would legitimize “a murderous regimeâ€.
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Myanmar Swimmer to Forgo Tokyo Olympics in Protest at Junta Violence
A Myanmar swimmer will skip the Tokyo Olympics in protest against the coup perpetrated by his country’s military, saying he will not represent his nation when hundreds of protesters have been killed by authorities. Win Htet Oo, a 26-year-old freestyle swimmer, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on April 10 that he…