Olivia Dunn’s Olympic dream

A RECORD-breaking swim has sparked Olympic ambitions for eight-year-old Olivia Dunn.

She smashed her school’s 10-year-old record by swimming 800 metres in less than half an hour.

Olivia, who attends Hugh Myddelton School in Clerkenwell and lives in Myddelton Passage, broke the record during a routine lesson at Highbury Pool.

Proud dad Kellie, a taxi driver, said: “She won’t make next year’s Olympics, but she’d definitely like to try for the one after that.”

Published: 15th July, 2011
by ANDREW JOHNSON