Claim: As a teenager in 2015, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini fled the Syrian civil war, a trip that required her to swim three hours through the Aegean Sea.
Fact-check: Did Olympic Swimmer Yusra Mardini Flee Syria by Swimming?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Jessica Lee
Date published: 2021-07-26T16:07:37