She competes for the YMCA in Dayton, Ohio, amazing her parents, coaches and spectators.
"I really liked the Olympics. I watched swimming the most. It was really cool," she said.
Anna's parents had adopted her from a Ukrainian orphanage when she was three, and doctors had told them she would never walk.
The speedy swimmer says someday, she might even go for the Olympic gold.
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