It is 1,000m to the finish line at the flatwater sprint canoeing course, but the man in lane three of the second heat has come a hell of a lot further than that to make it there.
If you were paying close attention during Tokyo 2020, you may remember Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez. If you are Cuban you absolutely do. He won the country’s first gold medal in canoeing, when he was competing with Serguey Torres in the two‑man 1,000m sprint.
