Lynn el-Hajj, during a training session in a swimming pool in Metn. (Credit: Marise Nassour. Editing Jaimee-Lee Haddad/L'Orient-Le Jour)
She has just flown to France, where she will be Lebanon's sole female representative at the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming Games. Lynn el-Hajj, 17 years old and already Lebanese champion and record-holder in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, is finally fulfilling a dream she has had since childhood: To take part in the Olympics and measure herself against the world's biggest names in the sport. Her aim is to give it her all. She has unforgettable memories of her first major international competition in Japan, at the World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023. “It was enormous! And then to meet those champions,” she recalled. Read also In Paris, Philippe Wakim aims to take on the Olympics ‘one match and one touch at a time’ On July 28 in Paris, the young swimmer will take part in the 100m breaststroke, starting at noon (local time)....
She has just flown to France, where she will be Lebanon's sole female representative at the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming Games. Lynn el-Hajj, 17 years old and already Lebanese champion and record-holder in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, is finally fulfilling a dream she has had since childhood: To take part in the Olympics and measure herself against the world's biggest names in the sport. Her aim is to give it her all. She has unforgettable memories of her first major international competition in Japan, at the World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023. “It was enormous! And then to meet those champions,” she recalled. Read also In Paris, Philippe Wakim aims to take on the Olympics ‘one match and one touch at a time’ On July 28 in Paris, the young swimmer will take part in the 100m breaststroke, starting at noon...
