As the first-ever Georgian athlete to compete in canoe at the Olympic Games, Zaza Nadiradze has had to build his own training machines. But nothing has stopped him – not even harsh conditions – from becoming a world-class athlete.

As the first-ever Georgian athlete to compete in canoe at the Olympic Games, Zaza Nadiradze has had to build his own training machines. But nothing has stopped him – not even harsh conditions – from becoming a world-class athlete.