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Sports Illustrated US|Sportsperson of the Year 2022
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A SWIMMER'S JOURNEY GETS THE HOLLYWOOD TREATMENT
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AS ELEVATOR PITCHES go, you could do a lot worse than Olympic swimmer pulls a boatful of refugees to safety. In 2015, Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara left war-torn Syria. Their journey took them to Turkey, where they crowded onto an overloaded dinghy that broke down en route to the island of Lesbos. Yusra and Sara end up hauling the boat to safety. That's just one step on their journey to Germany, where they eventually found asylum and where Yusra was able to resume training for the Olympics. (She competed in 2016 and '20.)

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Sportsperson of the Year 2022 من Sports Illustrated US.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Sportsperson of the Year 2022 من Sports Illustrated US.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.