Rwanda captain Liliane Mukobwankawe is not simply going for success at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games however is currently setting her sights on LA28. For Lili, Paris 2024 is not the last chapter, as she desires LA28 to be her last dance at the Paralympic Games. This enthusiastic objective shows her commitment and strength, qualities that have actually moved Rwanda to the 5th area in the worldwide rankings.

“I think my last one is LA28 and after I would like to be a sitting volleyball coach because I have already earned my Level 1 coaching certificate since 2019,” she exposed.

She has actually been a foundation of the females’s sitting beach ball group considering that their launching at Rio 2016, and Paris 2024 will mark her 3rd successive Games look. Born in Kamonyi District in the Southern Province of Rwanda, she matured in a typical household with 2 sis and 4 bros. “I’m the last born in my family,” she shared. Her enthusiasm for sports began in secondary school, where she took pleasure in playing basketball and beach ball.

However, a roadway mishap at the age of 7, which hurt her best thigh, modified her course. “Even after my accident, I thought about continuing sport but in another movement, not Olympic but Paralympic as I’m disabled. Arriving there I saw that the sport is the same and I continued until now to play for my country at the highest level,” she stated.

Lili’s shift from sit-ball to sitting beach ball was natural, as she had actually played both sports before. “There were no big challenges, but the only minor challenge was to be able to play a collective game with others who didn’t like sitting volleyball. But after a while with training, we adapted to sitting volleyball,” she described.

Under her management, Rwanda’s females’s sitting beach ball group has actually accomplished historical success. “I am very proud to be in the team that is among the best five in the world and I am ready, along with my teammates, to do whatever it takes to break into the top 3,” Lili stated. She credited the group’s success to a number of elements: “Good support from our government, a good staff especially our head coach, good preparation, and teamwork of our team.”

The group’s journey to receiving 3 Paralympic Games has actually been requiring. “It’s a great experience to participate in the third edition of the Paralympic Games because there are few players who do that. What pushes me to do this is that I want to achieve my dreams I had for a long time,” she shared.

The training routine for the group has actually developed considerably, particularly with the addition of Egyptian coach Mosaad Elaiuty. “The training program has evolved a lot since the arrival of coach Mosaad because he has brought other systems, techniques, and tactics. Also, playing in strong teams here in the championship, all this improved my training programme,” she kept in mind.

A common training week for the 34-year-old Lili is strenuous. “For my side, I do my individual training three days a week. And for our team, now we are in a training camp of 30 days. But even after the African Championship, we didn’t stop for a long time,” she stated.