From standing on a homemade wooden platform to reaching the Youth Olympic podium, Colombia's Emanuel Otalvaro has come a long way. Behind his historic table tennis silver at…

From standing on a homemade wooden platform to reaching the Youth Olympic podium, Colombia's Emanuel Otalvaro has come a long way. Behind his historic table tennis silver at Dakar 2026 lies more than a decade of family sacrifice, from selling food and organizing raffles to taking out bank loans to keep his Olympic dream alive. by sportswriter Hu Jiali DAKAR, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- When Emanuel

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