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Olympic Swimmer Yusra Mardini Returns to Syria ‘To Help My People Heal’ For the first time in a decade, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini returned this month to Syria, the country whose civil war she fled in 2015. Her journey away from her homeland, which led to two Olympic appearances with the Refugee ...

Swimmers Matin Balsini, Alaa Maso Named to Refugee Olympic Team Swimmers Matin Balsini and Alaa Maso have been named to the Refugee Olympic team or the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday. The swimming duo are among 36 individuals – 23 men, 13 women – from three...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World College Intern The road to the Olympic Games is a challenging one. Any athlete could crumble under the burden of rigorous training regimens, pressures to perform, and uncertainties about what the future holds. Still, it comes as little surprise that Yusra Mardini had ...

Syrian Swimmers Alaa Maso, Eyad Masoud Among 44 IOC Refugee Scholarship Recipients The IOC has announced 44 scholarship recipients for the Refugee Olympic Team on the pathway to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The group includes athletes from 12 countries in 12 sports and includes swimmers Alaa Maso a...

Syrian Olympic Swimmer Launches Yusra Mardini Foundation Yusra Mardini, the Syrian swimmer who competed at the Olympics for the Refugee Olympic Team, has launched the Yusra Mardini Foundation to aid refugees. Mardini made the announcement during a talk in Dubai this week. Her organization is dedicat...

Sarah Mardini, Inspiration for ‘The Swimmers,’ Eager to Testify in Greek Court Case Sarah Mardini, the Syrian refugee who along with Refugee Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini inspired the movie ‘The Swimmers,’ is hoping for the chance to prove her innocence against charges in a Greek court. The Mardini ...

Netflix has begun production on a film called “The Swimmers,” which tells the story of Syrian refugees Yusra and Sarah Mardini. Yusra Mardini swam for the Refugee Olympic team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Variety reports that Netflix and Working Title Films are collaborating on the project. Welsh-bo...

By Claire Russell, Swimming World College Intern. Every four years, nations unite for the celebration of sports and achievements at the Olympic Games. It is the one magical time when each country seems to put aside differences and march together as one. We shake hands. We have one common goal. Despi...