Yasra Mardini A True Hero Of The World and Of Rio 2016 Olympics.

From Five war torn Countries, Ten refugee athletes will act as a symbol of hope for refugees all around the world. Their inclusion in the Olympic games is structured  to bring global attention to the magnitude of refugee crisis in the world.
The athletes are:

ROT

• Rami Anis (M): Country of origin – Syria; host NOC – Belgium; sport – swimming
• Yiech Pur Biel (M): Country of origin – South Sudan; host NOC – Kenya; sport – athletics, 800m
• James Nyang Chiengjiek (M): Country of origin – South Sudan; host NOC – Kenya; sport – athletics, 400m
• Yonas Kinde (M): Country of origin – Ethiopia; host NOC – Luxembourg; sport – athletics, marathon
• Anjelina Nada Lohalith (F): Country of origin – South Sudan; host NOC – Kenya; sport – athletics, 1500m
• Rose Nathike Lokonyen (F): Country of origin – South Sudan; host NOC – Kenya; sport – athletics, 800m
• Paulo Amotun Lokoro (M): Country of origin – South Sudan; host NOC – Kenya; sport – athletics, 1500m
• Yolande Bukasa Mabika (F): Country of origin – Democratic Republic of the Congo; host NOC – Brazil; sport – judo, -70kg
• Yusra Mardini (F): Country of origin – Syria; host NOC – Germany; sport – swimming
• Popole Misenga (M): Country of origin – Democratic Republic of the Congo; host NOC – Brazil; sport – judo, -90kg

Despite the worlds hesitation with allowing Brazil go ahead with the 2016 Olympics because of the possibility of the Zika Virus outbreak, millions were glued to their screens on the opening night ceremony.
Brazil showed the world that you didn't have to over-spend to put your best face forward. It was a simple yet spectacular ceremony. The most emotional part of the opening was the parade of the ROT-Refugee Olympic Team. The team comprises of athletes from Syria, Ethiopia, Congo, South Sudan. From Syria, Yusra Mardini and her family fled the horror of so called ISIS. She recounts that
when they tried to cross the Turkish Coast while fleeing Syria,the boats motor stopped, and realizing that only her, her sister and two others knew how to swim, they jumped into the water and tried to save others by pushing the boat to shore. There was no time to be afraid. "I will die anyway," Mardini remembers telling herself. "I had to try."It took three hours to push the boat to shore. Mardini and her sister, along with a family friend, continued from Greece to Macedonia, then through Serbia, Hungary, Austria and finally into Germany — a 25-day trek that ended in September 2015 in a Berlin refugee camp where they reunited with their father and found a local swimming club to take them in.

Yusra's first event is Saturday August 5. It doesn't matter much if she doesn't get a medal at the end of the competition. She is a true hero of the world and a great Olympian.
We wish her good luck and salute her for her courage, bravery and determination to shine against all odds.