‘Little Mermaid’ Zara set to be Malaysia’s youngest participant in SEA Games

KUALA LUMPUR: Zara Aleesya Mohamad Suadi is only 11 years old, but the country’s precocious swimmer will race alongside adult athletes in the finswimming event at the SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from May 5-17.

Since Zara swims with fins, she can be likened to a ‘’little mermaid’’, and was initially sent for swimming classes as early as six because her parents, Mohd Suadi Samsuddin and Haslinda Haron wanted their only child to do something more meaningful and avoid getting stuck with e-gadgets.