The Swimmers Where Are They Now, Where Are Yusra Mardini And Sara Mardini Now?

The Swimmers Where Are They Now?

The Swimmers, a Netflix original film, covers the inspirational path taken by sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini from being refugees to Olympic competitors. In the movie, one of the sisters miraculously went on to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after fleeing war-torn Syria and following their perilous trip over the Aegean Sea to safety in Europe. However, what exactly happened to Yusra and Sara Mardini to serve as the basis for The Swimmers, and where are the sisters now?

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Where Are Yusra Mardini And Sara Mardini Now?

Yusra Mardini 

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Yusra Mardini is 24 years old and a resident of Berlin, Germany, as of 2022. However, according to Women's Health, she is majoring in cinema and television at the University of Southern California in the US. Yusra was able to win one of her heats in the 100-meter butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, however she ultimately finished 41st out of 45 swimmers with a time of 1:09.21.

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Mardini has continued to swim and even competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. In the same race, she had a much quicker time of 1:06.78, but she was unable to make it to the last 16 swimmers. Even while Yusra might not have returned home with a medal from each Olympics she has attended, the fact that she has been able to compete at all is a remarkable feat in and of itself.

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Sara Mardini

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Sara had to give up swimming after moving to Germany because of a shoulder injury. Sara was jailed in 2018 while carrying out humanitarian work on the Greek island of Lesbos, which was an unexpected turn of events. She was jailed for more than three months, according to The Guardian, after being charged with spying, drug trafficking, and involvement with a criminal organisation. The claims have been labelled "trumped up" and "farcical" by Amnesty International.

Sara's trial is yet to start despite multiple delays, but according to rumours, she could be sentenced to a maximum of 25 years in prison. Both sisters contributed behind-the-scenes labour to The Swimmers' production, and Yusra even subbed for herself in a few of the swimming scenes. The sisters' parents and younger sister, Shaed, travelled to Germany after they themselves left Syria.

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Sally El Hosaini is the director of the 2022 biographical drama film The Swimmers, which she co-wrote with Jack Thorne. On September 8, 2022, The Swimmers had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. On November 11, 2022, it was released in a few theaters. Prior to its Netflix streaming debut on November 23, 2022, it was screened at the Marrakesh International Film Festival's evening gala on November 18, 2022.

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