Yep. This is a real thing. According to an article in The Daily Beast, the Olympic committee is permitting 10 athletes who have been displaced from their country of origin to compete in the Olympic Games. Each of the athletes, chosen from a pool of 43 potential competitors, meets Olympic standards.
Not only will these athletes compete, but in an uprecedented action, they will march into the Olympic stadium, carrying the Olympic flag, ahead of the host country.
I am not the avid Olympic fan I used to be, and have grown cynical about the level of corruption and disassociation related to the Olympic movement these days. But this action is special. May Donald Trump, and the other right-wingers who reject decency, choke on it.