Trio gears up for Fina World Championship
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Eloi Maniraguha, Claudette Ishimwe and Cedrick Niyibizi will represent Rwanda at the 15th Fina World swimming championship in Abu Dhabi. / File

Eloi Maniraguha, Claudette Ishimwe and Cedrick Niyibizi will represent Rwanda at the 15th Fina World swimming championship in Abu Dhabi.

The championship will take place from December 16-21, 2021. 

Pamela Girimbabazi, the president of the national swimming federation is confident the team will do well at the event.

"They are genuine prospects and we hope they will compete to their full potential in the UAE,” Girimbabazi said.

The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) is a five-day competition held every two years, where the world comes to witness record-breaking feats and action-packed races, with swimming stars from all continents. 

The competition will attract 800 swimmers.