2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Preliminary - Women's 100m Freestyle - Heats - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016.Yusra Mardini (SYR) of Refugee Olympic Athletes prepares REUTERS/Michael Dalder
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Syrian teenager who saved fellow refugees from drowning and then swam for the refugee team at the Rio Olympics was among those honoured at the inaugural Global Goals Awards in New York.
Yusra Mardini, 18, who fled Syria with her sister in 2015, received the Girl Award at the ceremony on Tuesday night honouring champions for women's and girls' rights worldwide.
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