Yui Ohashi was coming off a 40th place finish at the national championships, a diagnosis of extreme anemia and thought about giving up swimming altogether in 2015.
Now, she¡¯s an Olympic champion.
¡°It didn¡¯t really hit me at first,¡± Ohashi said. ¡°Then I saw something that said ¡®Olympic champion,¡¯ and that¡¯s when I felt I had won and I was just overjoyed. Honestly, I still can¡¯t believe it.¡±
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