(FILES) Venezuelan weightlifter Julio Mayora is seen during a training session at the weight gym of the National Sports Institute (IND) in Caracas on September 22, 2023. With his silver at Tokyo-2020, Mayora closed an Olympic cycle that bordered on perfection. He had monopolized all possible gold medals in the Bolivarian Games, South American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games, and Pan American Games. His route to Paris-2024 has had the same golden path, with all possible titles in the regional events. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)