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World Service,1 min
Riding, running, shooting, swimming and fencing - all in one day!
The ConversationAvailable for over a year
Egyptian modern pentathlete Aya Medany became the youngest person to compete in her sport at an Olympics, when she made her debut at the age of 15 in Athens. Training for the pentathlon is intense and Aya describes the long hours she had to train for. Image: Aya Medany of Egypt riding Udea at the 2012 London Olympics Credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
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