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CARACAS, Venezuela — It's been 40 years since Venezuelan trap shooter Leonel Martínez last competed at the Olympics. He was only 20 when he took part in the Los Angeles Games in 1984, but says he's in better shape now, at 60, as he prepares to compete in Paris after the second-longest gap between Olympic appearances in history. Martinez told The Associated Press that "I give very little relevance" to his age and that " feel better than when I was 20 years old." Only Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu waited longer to return to the Olympics. He first competed in Tokyo in 1964 and returned to the Games in Beijing in 2008.
