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If Not Tokyo, Then Paris In 2024?

THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES WERE FOR some athletes the pinnacle of their career and a stage for outstanding achievements, but for others, the Japan National Stadium (the venue of the Games) will always represent a field of broken dreams.

A number of Africa’s finest sportsmen and women failed to make it to the Games, from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo, for a variety of reasons that in the most part had little to do with performance.

Amidst the ecstasy of winning a gold medal, there is always equal pain being felt elsewhere,

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