00:00I want to achieve to be the first Emirati gymnast in the UAE to win the gold medal
00:14in the Olympics, the youth Olympics.
00:17Before, I used to do ballet when I was like four years old and the ballet teacher was
00:23like she's not good for ballet but I think she'll be good for gymnastics so then I came
00:28to this club.
00:38It was the first time after quarantine and I was quite nervous at first but all of my
00:43coaches, my friends, my family, they all came and supported me and I tried to do my best.
00:50There was ups and downs but at least I got on the podium and I did my best.
00:55They didn't tell us until the awards ceremony and I didn't know because I thought we were
01:00only competing with our girls, my 2011 category, but there is going to be a time where we have
01:08to compete against older girls, not even 2010 but 2009 and 2008.
01:13It was my first time competing against older girls.
01:16I did get third place and first place and second place.
01:35Before quarantine, we went to Moscow and I used to train there for eight hours, seven
01:39hours, and I was only like six years old or something but now because we can't travel
01:44anywhere because we're too scared to go, it was our first time traveling to an international
01:50competition.
01:51Otherwise, we would be either in Dubai or we would be competing in online competitions.
02:00Some girls my age, some girls younger than me, they would always want to be on the mobile
02:04and stuff so you need fresh air, you need to be exercised at least like twice a week
02:11you have to come here and train but I train here every day, six days a week and it made
02:19me feel strong and I would tell younger kids, older kids, just be strong and be brave.
02:27Something hurts, don't give up because many girls, as my coach said, many girls they came
02:32and they gave up after like one failure but that's not how rhythmic gymnastics works.
02:37This is not how a sport works.
02:38I didn't win for the first time, I've always been winning first, first places and I remember
02:45Germany that I met my world, my idol, her name was Margarita Mamun, she won in the Olympics
02:54first place from Russia and I met her there and she told me something that I would never
03:00forget, don't give up.
03:02I would tell myself, I wouldn't blame another person, I would tell myself I need to train
03:08harder.
03:09In streaks competition I got second, second, third and in Turkey I got first, second, third.
03:15For me I feel like I improved a lot and I'm proud of myself.
03:21For the first time in Germany I wasn't happy with myself, I was crying on the podium even
03:27though I got second place, there was a podium and I was crying and everyone was like happy
03:32and stuff.
03:33I was crying and I didn't like it at all, I didn't like that feeling of being a failure
03:38even though it wasn't a fail and I'm just used to it because now I feel, I see that
03:45there's more better girls than me and I want to be like them.
03:48We have one day off which is a Sunday and I spend that time for studying.
03:54On Saturdays I go horse riding, after training, so we finish training at 3 o'clock and I go
04:03for training in horse riding from 4.30 to 5.30 or 5 o'clock, half an hour or so.
04:10I really like horses.
04:11Do you want to become a jockey then?
04:12No, my main goal is to become a rhythmic gymnast who won first place.
04:24I want to become a gymnast who won first place.
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