Swimmer, Ruele enters uncharted Olympic waters
Calistus Kolantsho | Friday August 5, 2016 12:12
She becomes the second female swimmer from Botswana to represent the country at the Olympics.
Since she is making her debut and through a wild card, not much is expected from the U.S based youngster.
For her, it would be a learning experience going in the same pool with competitors from traditional strongholds; Australia, Canada, South Africa and the U.S.
Ruele is currently a student at Florida International University (FIU) in the United States of America.
Ruele earned a bronze medal in the 50m backstroke in a time of 30.13 at the 2014 South Africa championships.
She finished fifth in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:05.24 at the championships as well.Ruele also has top times of 27.42 in the 50m freestyle and 1:01.81 in the 100m freestyle.
She was a participant in the London 2012 Training Programme. She earned five gold medals at the Botswana national championship in December 2013.
She earned three gold medals in the 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, and 50m freestyle at the CANA Zone III and IV in Zambia in April 2013. The swimmer qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in the 50m backstroke at the South African National Aquatics in 2013, becoming the first swimmer in Botswana to qualify for the event.
Top 10 A standard qualified swimmers
1) Cate Campebell A (Australia) 23.84
2) Bronte Campbell A (Australia) 24.12
3) Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (Bahamas) A 24.31
4) Chantal Van Landeghem (Canada) A 24.39
5) Aliaksandra Herasimenia (Belarus) A 24.52
6) Etiene Medeiros (Brazil) A 24.55
7) Michelle Williams (Canada) A 24.82
8) Graciele Herrmann (Brazil) A 24.92
9) Yuliya Khitraya (Belarus) A 25.04
10) Birgit Koschischek (Austria) A 25.17