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IPFS News Link • Brazil Olympics-2016

Meet Gaurika Singh, the Youngest Athlete in the 2016 Rio Olympics

• http://www.thedailybeast.com, AMELIA WARSHAW

If sitting on your couch watching world-class athletes run, jump, twirl and swim doesn't make you feel lazy enough, 13-year-old Gaurika Singh has a sports resume that will make you feel like a true underachiever.

On Sunday, August 7th at approximately 12:00pm EST, Singh will compete in the 100m backstroke.

She's not well-known yet—The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Singh was stopped by security while trying to enter the Olympic pool for practice—but her Olympic debut will surely change that.

At just 13 years and 255 days old, Singh is the youngest competitor in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics and will be one of five delegates from Nepal, where she was born and lived until the age of two. She has already begun to make a name for herself in international competitive swimming, winning one silver and three bronze medals at the 2016 South Asian Games. She also holds the Nepalese National Record for the 100m backstroke—the event she will swim in Rio.