Finally, coming into 2012 I had a good 2011 and I thought this is the year to find out if I’ve been fooling myself or whether age and injury have got the better of me. That’s always in the back of your mind, especially in my event when the previous oldest gold medalist was 29.

— Félix Sánchez Felix Sanchez: The boy who started late, but bloomed into an Olympic great (2013)

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