Teens in the Olympics

From: https://www.deseret.com/2021/7/27/22596145/how-teens-are-dominating-tokyo-olympics-skateboarding-
swimming-table-tennis

What sports can teenagers compete in at the Olympics?

Olympic qualification requirements range greatly depending on the sport. Some sports have no age
requirements — simply skill requirements — while other sports do.

• Street skateboarding — making its Olympic debut in Tokyo — has no minimum age
requirement. That’s why Momiji Nishiya and Ryassa Leal, both 13-year-old medalists, could
dominate the competition.

• Swimming has no minimum age requirement. Swimmers must qualify based on their race
times. This year, Team USA sent 10 teenage girls to swim at Tokyo, including Katie Grimes and
Lydia Jacoby.

• Table tennis also has no minimum age requirement. This year, one of the youngest
Olympians in the history of the Games, Hend Zaza, will make her debut playing table tennis.

Who are the teens dominating in Tokyo?

• Momiji Nishiya is a 13-year-old skateboarder from Japan. At the women’s street skateboard
competition, she became one of the youngest medal winners in Olympic history, the youngest
Japanese medal winner and the first gold medal winner for the sport’s Olympic debut.

• Hend Zaza is a 12-year-old table tennis player from Syria. She is the fifth youngest athlete to
compete in the Olympics ever.

• Lydia Jacoby is a 17-year-old swimmer from Alaska — the first Olympic swimmer in the
state’s history. She dominated the women’s 100-meter breaststroke and claimed the gold medal in
an upset victory.

Activity
Choose one of the three athletes mentioned before, do a little research and write an interview.
Topics could be what motivates them, how they deal with training and school, what will their future
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