Popole Misenga broke down crying — for the family in Congo that he hasn't seen in 15 years, and for all the world's refugees who haven't been as lucky as he's been.
Competing in judo, Misenga is one of 10 refugee athletes who will march as a team behind the white Olympic flag when the Rio de Janeiro Games open on Friday, a first for any Olympics.
Misenga began to cry as he explained on Saturday that "I have two brothers and I haven't seen them. I don't know what they look like anymore because we were separated since we were small."
Rubbing tears from his eyes, the 24-year-old athlete delivered a message for his brothers: "If you can see me on television now, you can see that your brother is here in Brazil and alive and well."