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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 professional swimmer, and she started learning how to swim from a ____ age.

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

It was clear that she had a special talent, and she fell in ____ 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 represent Syria in an international swimming championship, and it ____ like her Olympic dream might someday come true.

However, Yusra had no idea that her life ____ 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.

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

However, even this ____ dangerous.

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

Although it did not explode, this incident was horrifying enough to be a ____ call for Yusra and her sister Sara.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

However, she had no ____ to reflect.

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

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

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

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

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

No matter how exhausted they were, they ____ moving.

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

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

In ____, it was the only thing she could do to feel at home in this foreign 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 saw her swim, he ____ recognized her outstanding talent and agreed to do so.

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

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

Yusra soon received a chance to make her dream a reality when she was invited to join the first ever ____ 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 ____ instead of seeing her as a serious athlete.

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

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

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

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

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

The time on the scoreboard ____ not matter.

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

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

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

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

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

____ can do it; everyone can do it.”