Yusra Mardini is a hopeful for the Rio Olympic Games this year, having fled Damascus only seven months ago. She's also got an incredible life philosophy. Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by ...

In July 2024, Yusra Mardini attended the Olympic Games in Paris as a presenter for Eurosport, where she used her platform to bring attention to the inspiring stories of refugee athletes. Mardini, who ...

Yusra and Sarah had helped save the lives of ... At a press conference in Rio, Mardini had a message for people who might be following her success back home in Syria. “I want to tell everyone ...

Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, who almost drowned at sea fleeing ... Yusra managed to restart swimming training and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics, then the Tokyo Games five years ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, whose story inspired the ... first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and then again at the games in Tokyo.

Netflix’s upcoming film The Swimmers tells the remarkable true story of two Syrian sisters who fled their war-torn home in Damascus and went on to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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