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 on September 2-4 in the 200-metre paracanoe sprint.