Sources have stated that Gaurika Singh, 13, was born in Nepal but moved to London at the age of two and she has survived a devastating earthquake in 2015 in Nepal, and she will make her Olympic debut on Sunday’s 100m backstroke preliminary and a bit unreal too and Singh has said, having just competed in her local district championships for her school in Hertfordshire.
It was stated that In April 2015, while back in Nepal for the national championships with her mother Garima and little brother Sauren, Singh was caught in the earthquake that devastated the country, which was terrifying, and they were on the fifth floor of a building that we could not escape from, so they have sheltered under a table for 10 minutes in the middle of the room and had to go down the stairs afterwards amid the aftershocks.
Her father Paras believes his daughter, who gets up at 4.00 a.m. each day to train, deserves her success as she is special and it is unbelievable that she is the youngest Olympian in Rio and amazing how she copes with all the pressure. Singh has also added that her dad is coming with her to Rio, and her grandparents and friends at school are really proud but they are really good at their own things.
