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Sports, and so i thought, whoa, tae kwon do is my sport but i love being on the water and i love the physicality of pushing myself to the limit. i feel the canoeing gene is in my blood but i've never learned how to do it. to do it in one year, i believe anything can be done. tell us about the setup you have here? that's not quite the professional kayak but it's a start. here in tonga we use anything we have, so we have a two—man recreational kayak. our equipment isn't going to help us get to the games but we have to use whatever we have. we apply, we'll apply the best of us regardless. i thi...

Progress both on the mat and in the water. butjust days before two crucial 0lympic qualifiers, he broke a rib and suffered muscle damage. so the odds were stacked well against him at the canoeing continental qualifier, where only the winner would reach tokyo 2020. taufatofua is fighting back. it's just not going to be enough. the cook islands will take the olympic place. the tongan will have to try again later in the year. a brutal schedule meant that less than two weeks later, pita was next on australia's gold coast for tae kwon do's continental qualifier, again, only victory would do. taufat...

We are all set for what's likely to be a scorching few days of action. to reach the olympics, pita needs to progress not only through the heats and the semifinals but reach the final and finish in the top five. realistically, that's going to be pretty tough in his debut, so he's hoping effectivelyjust to finish without falling in. you can do a bit of swimming, i hear. i've been swimming nonstop since i got in these things. it's like they've got a mind of their own. they just keep throwing you out. if you make a tiny mistake or you think about another boat, theyjust kick you out. swimming in th...

No, no. i mean, sorry. when you start usually in hungary, you are a smaller kid. afterwards, you have a long time — ten years to catch up but you already have co—ordination from the other sports and you also have muscles to speed up. you just need to learn it in a shorter way, to make it the harder way, for sure. i think he expected it to be tough but the good thing is he never gave up. within the six days, he improved a lot. it was quite surprising. i'm impressed. good improvement today. i think everybody needs to see him. i grew a lot because i died a million times in the session. peace,...

No, no. i mean, sorry. when you start usually in hungary, you are a smaller kid. afterwards, you have a long time — ten years to catch up but you already have co—ordination from the other sports and you also have muscles to speed up. you just need to learn it in a shorter way, to make it the harder way, for sure. i think he expected it to be tough but the good thing is he never gave up. within the six days, he improved a lot. it was quite surprising. i'm impressed. good improvement today. i think everybody needs to see him. i grew a lot because i died a million times in the session. peace,...