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When Yusra Mardini was a young girl growing up in Damascus, Syria, her life centered around ____.

Her father was a former ____ swimmer, and she started learning how to swim from a young age.

When she was nine ____ old, she was already faster than many older swimmers.

It was clear that she ____ a special talent, and she fell in love with the sport.

She enjoyed watching Olympic swimming events with her father, which ____ her to dream about competing in the Olympics.

She got the chance to ____ Syria in an international swimming championship, and it seemed like her Olympic dream might someday come true.

However, Yusra ____ no idea that her life would soon be turned upside down by the horrors of the Syrian civil war, which had broken out in 2011.

Over the next few ____, normal activities like going to school became risky.

Through all of this chaos, she clung to her dream and kept ____.

However, even this ____ dangerous.

One fateful day, a bomb ____ in the pool where she was training.

Although it did ____ explode, this incident was horrifying enough to be a wake-up call for Yusra and her sister Sara.

They ____ that they could no longer stay in their home country, and they made up their minds to flee Syria and go to Germany to avoid the war.

If they ____ Europe, the rest of the family would follow.

The decision was not an easy one, but Yusra knew that it was her only option if she wanted to pursue her ____ and live without fear.

In August, 2015, the sisters began their dangerous journey by ____ their way to their first destination, Türkiye.

____, along with 18 other people, including children and babies, they boarded a tiny boat designed for seven passengers.

They were heading across the sea towards ____ when disaster struck.

The boat’s engine failed in the middle of the open sea, and the weather ____ grew worse.

The heavy boat began to sink, and the ____, desperate passengers had no choice but to throw their possessions into the sea.

Yusra felt ____ as she watched people’s treasured belongings disappear under the waves.

However, she had no ____ to reflect.

She ____ to take action immediately in order to save herself and the other passengers.

She ____ into the water along with Sara and two others, and the four of them guided the drifting boat.

They swam for three and a half hours until they arrived safely with all the ____ passengers on the shore of a Greek island.

Next, Yusra and Sara had to travel through Macedonia, ____, Hungary, and Austria.

They walked great distances, and even though they caught rides in small cars and crowded buses from ____ to time, they had to cross every border on foot.

No ____ how exhausted they were, they kept moving.

At the end of this overwhelming 25-day journey, they finally made it to Germany and ____ at a refugee center in Berlin.

Despite all the hardships and adversities she underwent, Yusra’s ____ for swimming never left her.

In fact, it was the only thing she could do to feel at home in this ____ land.

She decided to take up training ____, and she started looking for a coach in Berlin who could help her reach her full potential.

She eventually met Sven Spannekrebs at a ____ club near the refugee center and asked if he could be her coach.

When he ____ her swim, he immediately recognized her outstanding talent and agreed to do so.

Sven helped Yusra stay ____ and persistent in her efforts to pursue excellence.

Following his ____, Yusra trained hard day and night, hoping her efforts would pay off one day.

Yusra soon received a chance to make her dream a reality ____ she was invited to join the first ever refugee team at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Although it ____ like a great opportunity, Yusra was hesitant.

If she joined the refugee team, she thought, people might view her with pity instead of seeing her as a ____ athlete.

She almost turned down the invitation, but she decided to ____ it after she realized that she could inspire hope in millions of other refugees facing similar challenges.

At the ____, Yusra competed in both the 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter freestyle events.

When she stepped ____ the starting blocks, she was determined to pour everything she had into the competition.

She came in 41st out of 45 competitors in the ____ event and 45th out of 46 in the freestyle event.

Even though she left the Olympics without a medal, she was proud to have made ____ alongside her teammates.

The time on the scoreboard did not ____.

In one interview, when a reporter asked if she could ____ a statement, she remarked,

“I want ____ to stay strong for their goals in life,

because if you have your goals in front of your eyes, you will do everything you ____;

and I think even if I fail, I will ____ again. …

I want to show ____ that it’s hard to arrive at your dreams, but it’s not impossible.

You can do it; everyone ____ do it.”