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Brazil / Olympic Games / Mardini #1108964

NBC Evening News for Friday, Aug 05, 2016
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(Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

(Berlin: Kelly Cobiella) Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini†, who is competing in Rio as part of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, profiled; details given about how she and her sister escaped Damascus and about how she pulled her sinking refugee boat for 3 hours and eventually made it to Germany. [MARDINI – says she is the face of people who suffer.] [Coach Sven SPANNEKREBS†- says this girl changed his way of thinking about competitive sports and about life.] [Father Ezzat MARDINI††- comments.]

Reporter(s):
Holt, Lester;
Cobiella, Kelly
Duration:
00:03:00

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