Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ko da yake ya bayyana cewa an sa ido a kan cancantar zuwa 2016 Summer Paralympics a Rio, sakamakon Russell ya kasance mai kyau sosai don sanya tawagar Great Britain ta yin iyo don wasannin 2012
a birnin Landan. A shekara 16, tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan membobin ƙungiyar, kuma an shigar da ita cikin abubuwan S12 guda biyar na 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, 100 m butterfly. A cikin wasanta na farko, tseren mita 400 na 'yanci ta yi iyo mafi kyau na 4:38.60 don ɗaukar azurfa, lambar yabo ta farko ta Paralympic. Ta gama da 0.71 seconds a bayan Oxana Savchenko na Rasha. Ta lashe lambar yabo ta biyu a wasannin, tagulla, a tseren mita 100 na malam buɗe ido.