As the summer Olympic games begin to wind down in Paris, one 11-year old here in Mobile has her eyes set on the 2028 Olympic games in Los Angeles. Riley Wells h
as a goal of getting there in not just one sport, but possibly two!
"For like the 100 freestyle, I want to go easy the first 75 and then like stay with the person who is in first and with that last 25 I'll kick it in with the last fuel I have left," said Riley Wells."I was figuring what sport I wanted to play, so I tried it out," said Riley Wells. It took only one race for this Faith Academy student to fall in love with the sport. After that, Riley wanted to swim in all the races she could. "Butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, relay and 100 freestyle," said Riley Wells.
If Riley makes it to the 2028 Olympics, she'll be only 15 years old. Sounds young, but we've seen teen Olympians dominate at the games before. Tara Lipinski won gold in the winter Olympics ice skating at age 15. In 2020 Katie Grimes at just 15 swam in the 800 meter freestyle. She didn’t win gold but she beat out other older swimmers to come in fourth. There have been fewer than ten African American women to compete in swimming in the Olympics for team USA.
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