Meet Husnah Kukundakwe, the youngest athlete at Tokyo Paralympics
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Husnah Kukundakwe, 14, is the youngest athlete to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics.
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Husnah will be Uganda's only Para swimmer at Tokyo 2020.
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She will be competing in women’s 50m and 100m freestyle S9 events.
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She is only the second-ever Para swimmer from Uganda to have competed at a Paralympic Games.
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Prossy Tusabe was the first Para swimmer from Uganda to compete at the Paralympics when she competed at Sydney 2000.
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"I feel some kind of pressure on me as the only Para swimmer, but just getting the chance to be here, it is a dream come true. I am so happy right now" Husnah told in an interview.
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