Canoeing-Brazilian indigenous canoers eyeing Olympic glory

The Kambeba indigenous, Thais Pontes de Araujo, 15, takes part in a canoeing class as part of the Indigenous Canoeing project of the Brazilian Canoeing Confederation (CBCa) and the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) on Cueiras river, an affluent of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

TRES UNIDOS, Brazil (Reuters) - For Amazonian children who grew up on the water with oars in their hands, a new hero and a new opportunity have spurred Olympic dreams.

Brazilian Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos won a gold medal at the Japan Olympics in the C-1 1000 meters event.