Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 59kg - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Silver medalist Polina Guryeva of Turkmenistan reacts. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
TOKYO (Reuters) - Weightlifter Polina Guryeva made history on Tuesday as Turkmenistan's first Olympic medallist and, as the shock sank in, began wondering how she might cope with the hero's welcome she is anticipating back home.
A former gymnast and a first-time Olympian, Guryeva won silver in the -59kg class, behind her idol, Taiwan's Kuo Hsing-Chun, who broke Olympic records in all three of the event's categories.
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