Gabrielle Rose is proving age is just a number at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. At the age of 46, Rose is by far the oldest athlete at the meet — earning her place among more than 1,000 entrants exactly two decades removed from her last appearance. Rose represented her native Brazil at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the U.S.
Gabrielle Rose pauses before the Women’s 100 breaststroke preliminary heat Sunday, June 16, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Gabrielle Rose reacts after winning her heat the Women’s 100 breaststroke preliminary heat Sunday, June 16, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Gabrielle Rose swims during the Women’s 100 breaststroke preliminary heat Sunday, June 16, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.
She finished with the 11th-fastest time overall in the preliminaries, advancing to an improbable spot in the evening semifinals. There’s 35-year-old Brandon Fischer, who has never made it to the Olympics but can brag that he’s matched Michael Phelps by competing in the U.S. Olympic trials for the fifth time. The Californian is swimming the 100 and 200 breaststroke in Indy.
Last year, after surprising herself by setting a personal best at the Masters spring nationals, she decided to make another run at the Olympic trials. Fischer, who was bullied as a child and felt out of place in the rigid, demanding world of his younger swimming days, rediscovered his love of the sport as he moved into his 30s.
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