11-year-old Alzain Tareq is Bahrain's swimming prodigy.
After successfully competing in the World Championships,
she's hoping to be invited to the Olympic Games Rio 2016
to watch how the world's best compete.
I knew I wanted to be a competitive swimmer.
I participated in the first championship outside Bahrain
when I was eight years old.
I won the cup and I said,
"I always want to participate and win cups."
In the Middle East and North Africa,
the next generation of athletes rise.
An elite force, exceeding expectation...
..to reach gold.
These are their stories...
..through their eyes.
I imagine I am a swimmer
and I want to beat everyone in swimming.
I swim faster if I imagine I am at the Olympics
and there is a medal waiting for me,
so I have to swim quickly.
Alzain's home, Bahrain, is a nation of islands.
Bahrain's capital city, Manama,
was once the centre of sea trade in the Gulf.
Today, on the international sporting stage,
Bahrainis are carrying their heritage forward.
At eight Olympics,
Bahrainis have competed in sailing and swimming,
but they've yet to achieve medal success.
Alzain lives with three generations of her family
near to Bahrain's capital, Manama.
The day I saw her swimming there
and I saw the photographers and journalists with her...
You cannot imagine our joy, her uncle and I.
I am the youngest swimmer at the World Championship
and I was very happy I was the youngest one.
I was very happy because I thought,
"I will be the last one,"
but I beat 14 girls.
And a foundation called the Good Word
gave me a cup at the Gulf Championship,
a prize for the aspiring star
because I participated in Kazan.
Alzain is Bahrain's record holder
of the 50-metre butterfly event
and is the youngest ever swimmer
to compete at a swimming world championships.
I am the father of Alzain Tareq.
She has been a swimmer in the Bahrain
national team for the past two years.
Alzain, in the last two years,
participated in many external tournaments,
including the World Championship in Kazan
last summer, so she now has ambition
to reach higher standards.
Alzain's breakthrough performance in Kazan
brought her to the attention
of the International Olympic Committee.
Now Tareq has been informed that Alzain might receive
an invitation to attend the Olympic Summer Games
to watch how the world's best compete.
Although Alzain would love to swim at the Games,
Tareq knows she's not ready.
All the girls are 11 and 12 years old,
so we must take it step by step.
We must not pressure them. On the contrary.
So far, Alzain alone has set her path
towards achieving her dream.
I want to be like these world-class swimmers
like Missy Franklin from United States,
Katinka Hosszu from Hungary.
I want to be like them because they are Olympic champions
and I want to be an Olympic champion.
Alzain's commitment hasn't wavered since
she first started training when she was seven years old.
My routine on a swimming day -
I wake up at four and come to training.
In the morning, she sets her alarm,
at 4:10 or 4:15 she is ready waiting for me.
She comes to my room,
she asks me to take her to training.
She sets her alarm before my alarm.
So they have the passion.
It's nice that they want to do something for themselves.
Come on!
Come on, Alzain, change quickly.
Alzain knows that to become a champion
she has to train like a champion.
I am very happy when I come in the morning
because I like coming to the pool in the morning,
and after that I go to school.
She likes everything to be on time.
If we are five minutes late for school in the morning,
she is upset.
She wants to be there before assembly starts.
After a two-hour pool session,
Alzain arrives on time for a full day of school.
Do you want to act?
Maya!
Come on, Sara.
While Alzain's at school, her family receive news
that she has received an official invitation
to watch her heroes compete at the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
For Alzain, it's a dream come true.
Thank God everyone spoke highly
of Alzain's participation this year at Kazan,
and this is an achievement accredited for her and Bahrain.
How I feel about the Olympics is that I am very happy
I am going and I'll try my best to do everything I can do.