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Olympic long jump champion Malaika Mihambo has said being chosen as German flag bearer for this summer’s Paris Games along with basketball World Cup winner Dennis Schröder would be a symbol against racism but that far more engagement is needed. “It’s about symbolism. Symbolism is nice, but it’s not enough,” Mihambo told Saturday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “I don’t believe that symbolism will save what is going wrong right now.” Mihambo said she was happy that Germans are taking to the streets these days to defend democratic values because “the majority, which is silent, stands up and sh…

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