The Swimmers - (Tag)

Swimming Movies That Can Make You a Better Swimmer Movies are ways of finding stories that are outside our own. Even though all of these movies are swim movies, they offer different perspectives and attitudes that can make anyone a better swimmer. Even if none of these movies are technique or traini...

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 ...

‘The Swimmers,’ Film on Mardini Sisters, Debuts on Netflix (TRAILER) “The Swimmers,” a film about the lives of Syrian sisters Sara Mardini and Yusra Mardini, is now available to stream on Netflix. The film, directed and co-written by Sally El Hosaini for Netflix and Working Title Films, premiered in...

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...

Charges Against Sarah Mardini Dismissed by Greek Court Sarah Mardini, an activist and the sister of Refugee Olympic Team swimmer Yusra Mardini, had charges against her in Greece dismissed by a court last week. Mardini and two dozen other aid workers had charges, which included espionage, dropped aga...