The Swimmers: the incredible true story behind the new Netflix film
Yusra Mardini went from being a refugee to competing in the Olympics. This is the story of how she did it
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The Swimmers review – powerful refugee drama goes for the happy ending
The true story of two sporting sisters fleeing the Syrian conflict is strikingly told, at first, in Sally El Hosaini’s immersive Netflix film
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‘We were taught to be winners’: refugee turned Olympian Yusra Mardini on the Netflix drama of her life
The swimming prowess of the Syrian Nardini sisters helped save their sinking refugee boat. Here Yusra talks about The Swimmers, the new film that tells their amazing story
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