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Olympics 2021 swimmer Nicole Frank is living out her grandmother’s dream in Tokyo

When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it.

That thought was 81 years in the making.

Frank’s grandmother, Angelika Rädche, qualified to swim for Germany at the 1940 Helsinki Olympics — incidentally, rescheduled from Tokyo — in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle events. Rädche, who was Uruguayan, was 14 and lived in Germany at the time.

Then, just a few days later, World War II broke out. The Olympics were canceled. Read More

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