After her national swimming federation was not able to finance Hagul's trip to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics. To finance the trip, Hagul turned to a crowdfunding campaign which proved successful. Hagul was the only woman to compete for Libya at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event; her time of 1:25.47 in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals.