In Canada’s games, swimming is found in St. John’s, athletes who seem to be old enough to go to the university immerse themselves in the pool to compete better.
Louisa Henry from Yellowknife achieved her goal. After swimming the freestyle of 50 meters, he ran in a preliminary heat in the 50 -meter breast, his favorite event, and won.
It is not bad for an 11 -year -old boy who has just finished the sixth grade.
Henry had the feeling that he was the youngest of the 2,000 athletes in the games, but CBC news He confirmed that he will face the competitors of three to five years old.
“It feels really a bit weird because everyone is, like, so [much] Major, “he said.
“Like Whoa, it makes me feel fast.”
The preteen has a lot of sports inspiration. She admires the mcintosh swimming superstar, who was already drawing attention when she was Henry’s age.
He also has models to be closer to home: his two older sisters, Beatrice, 17, who is in the football squad, and Josephine, who is also a swimmer. The three girls made territories of the northwest of the team in the games.
Age is nothing more than a number. That is the spirit that Louisa Henry embodies. He is 11 years old and will begin grade 7 in autumn, but he is happy to compete against people who are several years older than her. Elizabeth Chiu de CBC met the swimmer in the Aquarena in St. John’s.
She said it is a moment of pride for her family.
“It makes me feel very good that I can compete with them, and be, how, with them in this great event I am in,” said Henry.
He celebrates his 12th birthday in a few weeks, but Henry said that will not be the highlight of his summer.
“I would say that Canada’s games [is] Because I have to return more the year as every year, but I will not be able to go to the Canada Games every year. “
