Katya Bachrouche secured her spot at the Olympics last year to become the first Lebanese swimmer to compete in the Olympic games. Katya lives, studies and trains in the U.S.

Katya will compete in the Women’s 800m Freestyle today at 12:19. [Schedule]

Best of luck and hope you make it through the first round!

This is a picture [Katya] tweeted this morning showing all female members of the Lebanese Olympic Delegation.