Career
Saheli competed for Senegal in the women"s 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:07.33. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-olds Maria Awori of Kenya Nathalie Lee Baw of Mauritius.
Storming from sixth at the final turn, Saheli held off a sprint battle from Uganda"s Supra Singhal to hit the wall by 0.78 seconds in 1:07.37.
Saheli failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.
