10-Years Old Bahraini Swimmer Finishes Third In World Championships

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRlzkB8K6Yjvn6XNdQ4GQTd6NqIbkApLkUlyIcDq0MuIRBS5XSBlHEJbxR36c3BXnEbeYIT3u0B9Mginm2uOVL8JZNDduw259lozKsZ-pDKSfuegxcIZQ48dMvAza-fMRfSfIDSLRZKZ_/s1600/Tarek+Swimmer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRlzkB8K6Yjvn6XNdQ4GQTd6NqIbkApLkUlyIcDq0MuIRBS5XSBlHEJbxR36c3BXnEbeYIT3u0B9Mginm2uOVL8JZNDduw259lozKsZ-pDKSfuegxcIZQ48dMvAza-fMRfSfIDSLRZKZ_/s1600/Tarek+Swimmer.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>KAZAN, RUSSIA - Tiny 10-year-old Alzain Tareq, the world championships' youngest competitor in Kazan, swam her personal best to finish third in her 50m freestyle heat on Saturday.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Bahrain schoolgirl had caused a splash at the Kazan pool on Friday morning when she raced in the women's 50m butterfly heats and finished last of the event's 64 competitors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She is believed to be the youngest swimmer to have ever swum at a world championships.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She was back in the pool on Saturday to finish third in her 50m freestyle heat and was 105th overall of the event's 113 racers with a new PB of 35.78 seconds - nearly three seconds faster than her qualifying time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She was more than 11 seconds slower than Cate Campbell of Australia's fastest qualifying time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the pint-sized Bahraini is just happy to have met her idols like Missy Franklin of the USA and Sweden's butterfly world champion Sarah Sjostrom having now swum both of her events in Kazan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I didn't get the time I wanted, but I still beat my personal best, so I am happy," beamed Tareq.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She was clearly proud of her newly-acquired bright pink race suit and said a highlight of her Kazan trip had been warming down in the same lane as Franklin on Friday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Her presence here has sparked plenty of attention from fellow competitors and the media.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "A few other swimmers spoke to me after my race yesterday, they were taking pictures and wishing me good luck," she said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tareq was delighted to have met Franklin, Sjostrom, plus Australian sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell who took gold and bronze respectively in Friday night's 100m freestyle final.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I have their pictures in my phone, but when I get home I am going to print them all out, so I have them," Tareq said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It's a great feeling to have swum here.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It was a lot of fun meeting Sarah.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "My mum isn't here, only my dad, he wanted me to beat my own time and I did that, so he's happy."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is unlikely Tareq will fulfil her wish to swim at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, even though there are no age restrictions to competing at either a world championships or an Olympics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She qualified for Kazan as the Bahrain's fastest female swimmer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But to swim in Rio she will need to lower her 50m freestyle personal best of 35.78 to meet the Olympic's minimum qualifying time of 26.17 secs to race in her strongest event.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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10-Years Old Bahraini Swimmer Finishes Third In World Championships

KAZAN, RUSSIA - Tiny 10-year-old Alzain Tareq, the world championships' youngest competitor in Kazan, swam her personal best to fin...

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