RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps once refused to have a selfie with Olympic refugee swimmer Ramis Anis leaving the Syrian "devastated", Anis' coach said Saturday.

Anis, 25 and now based in Belgium, hopes to finally get a picture with his American hero in Rio when they could even be in the same event.

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