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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

However, even this became ____

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

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

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

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

The decision was ____ an easy one, 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 ____ journey by making their way to their first destination, Türkiye.

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

____ were heading 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 boat began to sink, and the panicked, ____ passengers had no choice but to throw their possessions into the sea.

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

However, she ____ no time to reflect.

She had to take action immediately in ____ 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 ____ the shore of a Greek island.

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

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

No matter how exhausted ____ were, they kept moving.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sven helped Yusra stay focused and ____ 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 when she was invited ____ join the first ever refugee team at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The time on ____ scoreboard did not matter.

In one interview, when a reporter ____ if she could make 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 try again. ____

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

You ____ do it; everyone can do it.”