REUTERS
July 15, 2021 at 12:40 JST
Rikako Ikee sheds tears during an interview after she won a 100-meter butterfly race on April 4 and earned a ticket to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, which she had given up on competing in after a leukemia diagnosis. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee does not really expect to win gold in the two events she will race in at the Tokyo Games but that does not matter. After surviving leukemia, just being on Japan’s Olympic team at a home Games is a victory in itself. [Read More]
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