Swimming champion Kimiko Raheem to compete on Sunday at Rio Olympics
In the 2016 Rio Olympics the first Sri Lankan to participate would be swimming champion Kimiko Raheem on the second day of games on Sunday .(August 07th)
She is due to compete in the 100 yards back stroke for women heats event at 9.35 pm Sri Lanka time.If
she qualifies she would be selected to swim in the same event semi final on Monday.
she qualifies she would be selected to swim in the same event semi final on Monday.
She had studied in the Asian International School and is a member of Killerwale aquatic club. She had a number of gold medals at SAF games and a number of international swimming meets.Her two elder sisters were also swimming champions and popular swimmers.
Before the Rio Olympics she had been trained in Thailand
Kindly watch the video below on Kimiko.