Homotopy between composites of homotopic loops

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Statement

Suppose X is a topological space, x0 is a point in X, and f1,g1,f2,g2 are loops based at x0 with the property that f1 is homotopic to g1 (as a loop based at x0) and f2 is homotopic to g2 (again, as a loop based at x0). Then, f1*f2 is homotopic to g1*g2.