Almost no one remembers it, but 15 years ago Rebeca Andrade and Daiane dos Santos saw each other for the first time – and it was far from Paris.

Brazilian gymnastics legends Rebeca Andrade and Daiane dos Santos met 15 years ago, in a very different setting than the 2024 Paris Olympics

Rebecca Andrade AND Daiana Dos Santos they are the biggest names in Brazilian Artistic Gymnastics. With the first break records and have the most world and Olympic medals in the history of sports in the countrythe second is a great inspiration that has opened doors for many others.

Next to Daniele Ipolito AND Jade Barbosa among many others, Daiane dos Santos paved the way and brought national gymnastics to the world as the main name in Brazil in the 2000s. World champion in 2003, who almost repeated the feat at the Olympics in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing, in. 2008, the athlete is a phenomenon and has also inspired Rebeca Andrade.

Few people know this, but the bond between Rebeca Andrade and Daiane dos Santos began 15 years ago, more precisely in 2009, when the athlete, who has a coincidence with Neymardid not even imagine that she would become the biggest name in Brazilian gymnastics. At that time, both Dai and Lais Souzawho abandoned her career after becoming paraplegic following an accident, trained for two days in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo.

On that occasion, the Pinheiros stars trained at the Bonifácio Cardoso gym, the same one frequented by Rebeca Andrade, and were able to help some junior athletes during the renovation of their gym. At the time, TV Globo made a report in which it showed the little talent, 10 years old, thanking the elders for their help.

“Sometimes I couldn’t do something and they taught me“, said Rebeca Andrade then, who can be helped…

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