Carlos Herbert Del Olmo

“Back in 2015, a friend from my cayuco team invited me to be a part of #TeamDrogon (yes, like Game of Thrones!) at the very first dragon boat festival in Panama; there were more than 30 teams racing, and we, a co-ed/mixed team, won 1st place in the championship overall, even against the open division.

In the most recent race in October, I broke my ankle and since we had no back-up/alternate paddlers, I got on the boat with the help of my crutches and battled the way out with my crew to get to the finals and then obtained first place; it was pretty good for a lame leg (joke)!”

[Carlos “Chamo” Herbert Del Olmo (Panama), paddler/coach/steerer on Sky Dragon Team (coach on #SkyFem), and head coach on Remo Extremo Panamá.]

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