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Australian cycling veteran Matthew Glaetzer is an Olympic medallist at his fourth and final Games, and few have had endured a tougher path to get there. The 31-year-old, dubbed by many as cycling’s unluckiest man, has overcome injury, heartbreak and even thyroid cancer to finally have an Olympic medal draped around his neck. If his thyroid cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatment in the two years before the Tokyo Olympics wasn’t enough, Glaetzer was then hit by a string of injuries.
But refusing to let a career of near-misses define him, Glaetzer remained in the fight for Paris, where he finally achieved bronze in the team sprint alongside Leigh Hoffman and Matt Richardson. “It was elation — I was so pumped when I saw that ‘three’ ... on the scoreboard,” Glaetzer said after the race. “It’s very special to finally win an Olympic medal. We were definitely aiming for better — we felt like we could have been in the gold .
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