These 9 Latinas Competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Are Forging New Paths

"If I had focused on the obstacles to get here, I wouldn't be a world champion," she told El Diario. "I'm here because I want to leave a mark and let everyone know that everything we set our minds to do, we can accomplish." Leaping 15.67 meters, last week, Rojas broke the world record set in 1995 by Ukrainian athlete Inessa Kravets. She also became the first woman Olympic gold medalist from Venezuela.

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