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Cobiella, Kelly, and Jon Schuppe. “How Yusra Mardini Survived a 25-Day Trek From Syria 
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Hopper, Susan. “Yusra Mardini.” https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/yusra-mardini.html

 

Lewis, Aimee. “Rio 2016: The Syrian refugee who swam for her life - all the way to the Olympics.” BBC Sport, 28 Jul. 2016. http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36604675

 

Mardini, Yusra, and Josie Le Blond. Butterfly. St. Martin's Press, 15 May. 2018. “Olympics: 10 most memorable quotes from Rio 2016.” The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/olympics-10-most-memorable-quotes-from-rio-2016

 

Saul, Heather. “Yusra Mardini: Olympic Syrian refugee who swam for three hours in sea to push sinking boat carrying 20 to safety.”  Independent, 9 Aug. 2016. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/yusra-mardini-rio-2016-olympics-women-s-swimming-the-syrian-refugee-competing-in-the-olympics-who-saved-the-lives-of-17-people-by-jumping-into-open-water-and-pushing-their-sinking-boat-to-safety-a7173546.html

 

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Wilder, Charly. “She Swam to Escape Syria. Now She’ll Swim in Rio.” New York Times. 1 Aug. 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/sports/olympics/a-swimmer-goes-from-syria-to-rio-from-refugee-to-olympian.html

 

“Yusra Mardini.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation,  9 Mar. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusra_Mardini

 

“Yusra Mardini and Tachlowini Gabriyesos announced as flagbearers of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.” IOC News Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team, 23 Jul. 2021. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/yusra-mardini-and-tachlowini-gabriyesos-announced-as-flagbearers-of-the-ioc-refugee-olympic-team

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