Ten months into a brutal war that has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, Palestinian athletes are aiming for a lot more than medals at the Paris Olympics, hoping to shed light on the suffering of Gazans as they fly the colours of a stateless people scattered across the globe.
Yazan al-Bawwab's first and only race of the Games lasted less than a minute – long enough to have the colours of the Palestinian Territories projected onto his lane at the Olympic pool near Paris.
