Syrian swimmer hopes to represent refugees at Rio Olympics
AP
Published
March 19, 2016





BERLIN: One year after swimming for her life in Greek coastal waters, Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini could be swimming at the Olympics.
The 18-year-old Mardini is hoping to be selected for a small team of refugees that will compete under the Olympic flag in Rio de Janeiro in August. Yusra says: “I want refugees to be proud of me.”
Yusra fled Damascus with her older sister Sarah last August and survived a hazardous crossing on the Aegean Sea to reach Europe.
Now she trains at a pool built for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She is among 43 refugees from different countries in contention for the International Olympic Committee’s “Refugee Olympic Athletes” team.
Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2016
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Umer
Mar 19, 2016 12:01pm
look at those Pain Full eyes.. They are worth swimming in...
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Kadia
Mar 19, 2016 04:26pm
@Umer talk about her abilities, not how good she looks or not otherwise you sound sexist
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