FLORENCE DAVID

medal for won a silver his The slalom canoeist in Rio following ics running Now third Olymp London. the in Beijing and previous successes on competing at least until ry will be plans to car 34, he he in Tokyo, although which he the 2020 Games event in the C2, the unable to do so in be on itwill no longer in Brazil, as training for was second physical Aswell asthe s part of the schedule. Portuguesea learned his event, Florence . preparations his but Portuguese, fluent in I I didn’t become than toget by. itwas a lot better but I would say year-and-a-half, me about a on trips– I guess it took away hen we were it was just w and mostly to stuff, studied and listened sat on the bus I’ve felt read books. to London. was quite similar been For me, Rio I’ve for every Olympics quite verywell prepared don’t know ur first one you Obviously yo to. and won a still prepared ct,but I was whattoexpe now. It medal. time ago a long, long Rio does seem family life afterwards, back to normal too, and was straight celebrations were a lot of Christmas. although there now and some between there are still difficulttoge t back into it quite find that. Someguys find but I don’t Olympic Games, to what’s things after an look forward and I always that’s Ilove the training like, right, iois done,it’s looking AssoonasR we next. next, what are history, what’s done, that’s exciting. ? And I findthatvery results achievenext to much better to Rio I’d had ether In the run-up irrelevantwh Itwas almost Ifelt I than ever before. a medal or not. from Rio with fewyears. I came home next on for over the been had a lottopush the aim. I’ve oTokyo, that’s at home wanttogot I abit of time already. I spent been back training nevertheless . I’ve training with family,but too. enjoying myself