Question

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detail - How old was Yusra when she competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics?
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Answer 1

18

Step-by-step explanation:

While this sounds like something out of a movie or a novel, this is the actual story of how 18-year-old Yusra Mardini escaped Syria with her sister Sarah, to relocate as a refugee in Germany. (You can read Teen Vogue's conversation with Yusra here.) She's one of thousands of other refugees who have escaped their war-torn homes, many of whom did not survive the journey — over 2,500 refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean so far in 2016, while 3,771 died in 2015, the deadliest year on record.