Gabrielle Rose proves age is just a number as she competes in US swim trials at 46 [Video]

Gabrielle Rose is realistic about her goals. She knows a third Olympics is out of reach.That’s OK.This time, she’s swimming for an even higher cause.At the age of 46, Rose is by far the oldest athlete at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials — earning her place among more than 1,000 entrants exactly two decades removed from her last appearance.Related video above: What does it take to be an Olympic swimmer?”I’m just hoping to show people you can do more, you’re capable of doing more,” said Rose, who represented her native Brazil at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the U.S. at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney.”You can have more energy, you can have more strength than you thought was possible,” she went on, the passion building in her voice. “I want women in particular to not be afraid to be strong, to lift weights, to take care of themselves and …