‘I’m here to spread my stories’
Palestine swimmer and flagbearer Valerie Tarazi tells CGTN Europe about her experience representing her country at the Olympic Games during the conflict at home.
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00:00I am here to spread my stories, and my family had to leave Gaza.
00:05My grandfather had to leave.
00:06Things were really horrible.
00:08And on top of that, I mean, I've had so many family members die.
00:13I've had teammates die.
00:15I was with one of my teammates in China, and a few days later I got a phone call that he
00:20died in a bombing.
00:21So it's been horrible on all of us.
00:24I mean, it seems like every single day we have to go through getting phone calls of
00:28our friends, our family, who just like, yeah, they passed away.
00:32And I mean, even since we've been here, stuff like that has happened, and it's all the more
00:36reason for us to raise the flag.