29 Jul 2024

Botswana swimmer, Maxine Egner will be in action today, competing in the 100m freestyle at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Egner, who was Botswana’s flag bearer during the Olympics official opening ceremony, is one of the local swimmers, who had good qualities of getting off the block faster, with good underwater dolphin kicks.

She has also proved to be a brave swimmer, who is not easily intimidated by opponents’ popularity.

Egner is the current 100m Freestyle National Record holder, which she did in 2021 during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2021. 

She said in an interview that she was excited and ready to do her best at the competition adding that she hoped to clock her Personal Best  time.

She said over the weeks, she followed a structured schedule prepared by her coach.

“I have been working closely with my coach to get the best out of me both in the water and outside the water at the gym,” she said. 

Furthermore, she said the sessions had helped her and her expectations were that she would execute what she had been doing during training.

Swimming coach, Sidingulwazi Sibanda said they had been preparing well for the Olympics adding that Egner looked forward to the competition.

He said there was prospect of advancing to the semi-final, if she was to stick to their plan of dive, race pace and turn. Ends