Resolved Question Is it too late to be an Olympian? I'm 17 years old, from Australia, and want to run in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The only thing is I didn't train as a child and would basically be starting now. I'm reasonably fit as it is, but could do with an extreme amount of work. Is it possible? If I dedicate my life to this can I make it?...Or could it be too late to start? Whatever your answers are I'm still going to go for it; and do my all to make it. But I would love to hear your opinions on just how possible this is. Best Answer - Chosen by Voters I'm in the same position you're in. I'm 17, from the US, and I want to run in the 2016 Rio Olympics. I'm fairly athletic and pretty good at the events I do in track, but if I really want to have any chance at all of going to the olympics I will have to start real training now. After watching just a few days of the London olympics I'm more motivated than ever to go for it. I think it is possible, but it will take an extreme amount of dedication. When I tell people I want to compete in the olympics they just laugh at me and say there's no way I'd ever make it. They say I don't have enough self control or dedication to do it, which so far has been