de Geus’ Tokyo 2020 Windsurfing hopes fuelled by Rio disappointment
Few can relate to the agony of missing out on the Olympic podium like Lilian de Geus (NED). On Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Dutch sailor missed the podium by just one point.
“That was a huge disappointment,” she commented. “But in the years that followed it gave me extra motivation to work even harder, so that I never finish fourth.”
That fear of failure is part of what drives de...