After winning bronze in one of the new Olympic events at the Tokyo Games, Alejandra Valencia of Mexico recalled the moment when her partner nearly blew it.
¡°I just said, ¡®It¡¯s OK, you know how to do this!¡¯¡± she recalled. ¡°And I gave him a little punch.¡±
Valencia¡¯s partner, Luis Alvarez, had misfired with his first arrow of the second set in mixed team archery. But buoyed in part by Valencia¡¯s pep talk, Alvarez refocused as the Mexicans defeated a two-person team from Turkey and made the medal podium ¡ª together.
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