Wednesday 1 January 2020

Yusra Mardini

Yusra Mardini was born in Syria.  When the Syrian war started her and her sister left Syria on a very long journey to Europe.  The boat they got on to go from Turkey to Greece was an overcrowded dingy and the motor stopped soon after departing.  Yusra and her sister pulled the boat by swimming in the water to stop it capsizing.  They made it to Greece.  Yusra competed in the Olympic games in 2016 in swimming and she has plans to compete in the Olympic games in 2020.
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  1. BerenSLJ10 January 2020 at 09:47

    Hello Alicia,

    Great work on retelling the story of Yusra Mardini! It is hard to believe that somebody could survive a war and then go on to compete in the Olympics. It is really sad that some people have to flee their countries, Yusra must have been very brave.

    Have you watched the Olympics before? I think I will definitely be keeping an eye out for Yusra in the Olympics this year. How cool would it be if she won some medals for swimming?

    Well done on another blog post Alicia, I am really enjoying reading your posts :)

    Beren

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