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Comment (EDMONTON — If this were any other Olympics, in any other place, Jujie Luan wouldn't have bothered.
Twenty-four years have passed since the fencer struck gold in the foil event for China at the Los Angeles Games, eight since she retired from competition. She has a husband and three children in her adopted home, Edmonton, and next week she hits the milestone 50 – old enough to be a grandmother to some Olympians.
Yet she has spent thousands of dollars, taken months off work and travelled the globe to claw her way back up the international rankings – all to make the Canadian Olympic team and qualify for her fourth Games.
She has a ready explanation, direct and undeviating.
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