UST as Spring turns to full fledged Summer in Paris, some of the world's most decorated athletes will descend on the city for the Olympics. Amongst all of them, a 42-year-old he will celebrate his birthday days before boarding the flight (if all goes well between now and then) will be A Sharath Kamal. When he made his debut at the Athens Games, he was 22. Two decades later, he has pushed himself for one final tilt at immortality.
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