TEL AVIV: Pascale Bercovitch, who calls herself the world’s oldest kayaker, has failed to win a medal at the three previous Paralympic Games, but said she remains hopeful because “she’s a better athlete at 54 than at 20.”

The French-Israeli national rowed for the Jewish state at Beijing 2008, competed in handcycling at London 2012 and paracanoeing at Rio 2016. She will compete in Tokyo in the 200m paracanoe sprint.