Bahrain ten-year-old girl to become youngest athlete at world swimming championships

Youngest swimmer to make word champ debut

Bahrain ten-year-old Alzain Tareq swimmer to make world championships debut

Alzain Tareq is a ten-year-old girl from Bahrain is set to compete at swimming world championships. when Alzain Tareq steps on to the blocks for the women's 50m butterfly heats at Kazzan,Russia, she will become the youngest athlete making splash at world swimming championships. There are no age restrictions for the championships, she has qualified as the fastest female swimmer from her national trials. 

she has been learn swimming since the age of four, supported by her father. Her father is a former professional swimmer Tareq Salem, who train twice a day, five days a week, either side of her school studies. Her qualifying time of 41.12s in the 50m butterfly compares to the world record of 24.43s by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom. Tareq has boldly declared that she won't fear anything or anybody. she said" the most important thing for me is gain experience of competing at high-profile events, watch the technical skills of famous Olympic champions and maybe even add some of their skills to my armory". 

Posted by Yuting Wei

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