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Long-awaited success
Spanish canoeist Teresa Portela Rivas has competed in every Olympic Games since 2000, but had never won a medal – until now. Finish second behind the Olympic legend Lisa carrington, Portela won silver in the women’s K-1,200m in Tokyo in her sixth Olympic appearance. In 2016, the Kuwaiti gunman Abdallah Al-Rashidi won a bronze medal as an independent Olympic athlete at age 52. Five years later, the 57-year-old won another bronze medal – this time for his home country. If the old adage “try, try again” is any indication, it is only a matter of time until other longtime competitors finally get their podium moment.
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Just days away from the 2020 Olympics, athletes and supporters continue to watch as more history is sure to be written in Tokyo.
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