Masters mom gives Olympic hep champ a smooch.
At 2015 Lyon worlds,
Danièle Denisty of Belgium was a DNF in the W45 heptathlon, doing the Day 1 events but not Day 2. Whatever disappointment she felt was nothing compared to the joy of watching her daughter win gold in the same event – at the Rio Olympic Games. As
IAAF noted: Nafissathou Thiam’s mother “is an accomplished heptathlete and competes internationally in the event at masters level. She has claimed European titles both indoors and outdoors in her age group, and has set multiple Belgian records.” Danièle even rated a mention as a
masters standout in the old mastersathhletics.net site. On a Belgian site,
Danièle, now 50, said she had tears in her eyes, watching her 21-year-old daughter finish the 800. “It’s a dream … Even in my dreams, I dared not expect that,” Danièle told channel VTM. “I’m so happy. I guess Nafi will be many now taken, it will not be my little chick, I’m going to share a little … But I’m so happy. The 800 meters was super nice.” Thanks to
Peter Van Aken for bringing this item to my attention.
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On Monday, Jordin Andrade advanced in the men’s 400 hurdles. His uncle is masters hurdler Henry Andrade, who also ran for Cape Verde in the Games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Andrade
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