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Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness come up to them. We can at least think of two youngsters who have achieved greatness. One is Sachin Tendulkar. He first competed for India in test cricket(板球对抗赛) when he was sixteen. He is hailed as the boy wonder of Mumbai.
The other is Kutraleeswaran, the child genius from Chennai who created waves as a swimmer. He was born in the year 1981. Kutraleeswaran took to swimming when he was in Grade Two. He was drawn to Marina. He started practising in the sea. He used to swim for hours. The first event he participated in was known as the "Rippon Meet". He won his first medal and moved to higher levels of competition. Soon he started participating invarious long-distance swimming competitions across the world.
Kutraleeswaran swam across the English Channel. That was his first cross-country swimming. He swam across
