At 6 years old, I joined Shanghai American School Bush Swim Team and I flew to Singapore with my mom for my first ever competition. It didn't take me long to fall in love with the sport of swimming. And November of 2014 marked the beginning of my career as a young swimmer.In the past decade that I have tirelessly dedicated my time to the sport, I often felt as if I was swimming upstream against mental blocks, injuries, sickness, and plateaus. Behind the few seconds of somebody's highlight are often many sle ...