This season, Nowe has broken the national record on four occasions. On May 31, the 800 metre runner improved the national record and her Personal Best (PB) to 1:58.47, from the 1:58.96 that she set in April. Following her powerful performance, Nowe will line up for her Diamond League debut in Stockholm. She goes into the race following her second position finish (1:59.58) at the FBK Games Continental Tour-Gold Meet in the Netherlands. Ahead of her debut at the Diamond League, Nowe spoke of her athletics journey that is propelling her to the top. “I started running in 2013 at Boipelego Junior Secondary School in Serowe. My Physical Education (PE) teacher identified me. In 2016, I competed at the Confederation of School Sport Association for Southern Africa (COSSASA) Games in Zimbabwe, where I won my first-ever medal gold medal in 800m. I then won a bronze medal in 1, 500m,” the 25-year-old said. During the 2017 COSSASA Games, she won silver in the 800m and bronze in the 1, 500m middle-distance races. She also competed at the 2017 Botswana Games, finishing in position three in the girls' long distance, 3, 000m. Nowe was selected to represent Botswana at the African Games in 2019, but unfortunately she failed to qualify for the final.
She won a silver medal alongside the women’s 4x400m relay team at the same competition. During the 2023 edition, she was part of the relay team that scooped a bronze medal in Accra, Ghana. Nowe made history last year when she became the first woman to represent Botswana in the 800m race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “I was excited to compete at the Olympics. That was when I realised that I am on the right track and I can achieve more. I learnt a lot at the Olympics, I changed a lot afterwards,” Nowe said. The Mahalapye-born athlete predicted that 2025 is going to be a good year and she is looking forward to a competitive period. “It was a huge achievement for me to qualify for the Tokyo World Athletics Championships by standard, not by rankings. I am really excited,” she added. Nowe is training at the Sepeng Athletics Project in Pretoria, South Africa but she is not under the Botswana National Sport Commission Elite Scholarship. “Women athletes are struggling back home because athletics is expensive, especially when you are starting. When you do not have financial support, it will be tough. As long as there is no support for Botswana women athletes, we should not expect any good results from international events,” said the two-lap specialist, who grew up in Serowe. “My family gives me all the support; they fall and rise with me. They know all my struggles, and they always have my back. I need help, lots of help, I struggle a lot, from recovery to accommodation amongst others,” she said.
