Canoeing-Brazilian indigenous canoers eyeing Olympic glory

[ASFN Admin]

Brazilian Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos won a gold medal at the Japan Olympics in the C-1 1000 meters event. His success – he also won two silvers and a bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016 – has inspired dozens of children to take up competitive canoeing in Tres Unidos, an indigenous community on the Amazonian river Cuieiras. “He is such a great rower, he motivates me to row every day,” said 17-year-old Tailo Pontes de Araujo.

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