Swimming refugee wants to play Rio

- Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini fled partly swimming from Turkey to Greece and will now compete in the Olympics in Rio. The German magazine Focus reported that Mardini Friday in Berlin spoke with people from the International Olympic Committee.

The eighteen Mardini eligible to be admitted to the Games in the Olympic team of refugee athletes ROA.,, I want to motivate refugees to pursue their dream like me, '' says Mardini.,, Rio is my goal and I work very hard, '' said the fugitive, who last year made a nearly five-week long journey from Damascus to Berlin. She now trains in the Berlin district of Spandau.

Part of the flight was the crossing from Turkey to Greece in a boat with a lot of people in it. When that water was decided Mardini and her sister to swim the rest of the trip. That lasted three hours.

Forty refugees do in August under the auspices of the IOC participated in the games.