Zeng Zhiying, 58, made her Olympic debut for Chile last weekend, almost four decades after she missed out on being selected to represent China in Los Angeles 1984.
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali remembered his coach in an Instagram post following his loss on Sunday, writing, “Thinking of you coach, wish you were here in the corner today.”
Social media users have been praising her effortless confidence and style, while others compare her to James Bond and Satoru Gojo, a sorcerer in popular manga Jujutsu Kaisen.
Residents of Teahupo’o, a French Polynesian village, are also using the Olympics to spotlight what they say is the price of colonialism — the effects of nuclear fallout from the 1970s.