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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 28: Olympic refugee team swimmers Yusra Mardini (L) and Rami Anis chat while training at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on July 28, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both swimmers are refugees of war-torn Syria and survived making part of the dangerous journey from the Turkish coast across the Aegean Sea to Greece in boats. The International Olympic Committee will for the first time have a team made up of stateless refugees. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 28:  Olympic refugee team swimmers Yusra Mardini (L) and Rami Anis chat while training at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on July 28, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both swimmers are refugees of war-torn Syria and survived making part of the dangerous journey from the Turkish coast across the Aegean Sea to Greece in boats. The International Olympic Committee will for the first time have a team made up of stateless refugees.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)