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The Brazilian said she had arrived in Japan desperate to win gold.
“We arrived here wanting, as much as you can, this medal and around 10 days ago, I said to my coach to win this race will be very difficult for my opponents because I want it so hard, so much and I’m really well prepared,” she said. “We had to be cool or ‘cold’ as Europeans ,” she added. “We are Latin people — we are hot, we are emotional people — so I had to be very cold mentally in the race to be focused and I had to win it myself. I knew I was prepared for that.”
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