10-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Swimmer At A World Championship

For the typical elementary school swimmer, being able to dog paddle in the pool is an accomplishment. But 10-year-old Alzain Tareq isn't your typical elementary school swimmer. The Bahrainian girl became the youngest ever competitor at a World Championships on Friday in Kazan, Russia, when she swam in the 50 meter butterfly heats. Tareq, whose mother is Scottish, finished with a time of 41.13 seconds, which, yes, was last in a field of 64, but come on. That's amazing. 
She finished five seconds behind the next slowest swimmer in the field, but she was competing against swimmers like 25-year-old Fran Halsall, who won medals in 2005 -- the year Tareq was born -- and 21-year-old Sarah Sjostrom, who Tareq named as her idol. She was hardly discouraged by her finish.


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Have a good evening everyone

Quite remarkable that this young girl can reach this stage in her swimming career at such a young age.
Watch the race - lane 2



Mind you her mum is Scottish so lets wave the flag