'I'm a swimmer myself and I grew up watching all of these really inspirational people, so to watch them race and even in training is brilliant'
GCSEs"I really wasn't expecting it, but I feel quite lucky to be honest because a lot of people applied for it."I've got the best seat to all the events, I'm a swimmer myself and I grew up watching all of these really inspirational people, so to watch them race and even in training is brilliant.
She has to be at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, which was built specially for the event, at 6.30am each day. There are around 60 lifeguards in total, and all of them have had to undergo weeks of intense training, including rescue scenarios in the five-metre-deep diving pool. Her mum Amanda said:"I'm immensely proud of her for doing this, and proud of who she is, she never gives up."
While Lily intends to stay on at her school's sixth-form college this September, she is keeping her options open for her career, although lifeguarding is one possibility."I do a lot of lifesaving sport but I'd really love to lifeguard on a beach in Australia."
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