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I feel super strong. The pressure does not affect me. I think that mentally I have marked distances with my rivals, but I do not feel favorite because the final is totally different, it is like a psychological war. My dream is that my brother and I will see each other on the podium . We did not talk about it, but I know we both thought about it »

With this confidence in himself, Jonathan Borlée challenged and made clear his claims to the podium in the 400 meters . In fact, he was also talking about his own brother, Kevin , who will also participate in the same test after having passed his semifinal.

The two twin brothers, they will fight in the same final, one against the other, but curiously, the two confirm that what they prefer is to see their brother ahead. Because although they are competitors, they are two great brothers, who fight equally and have obtained enough merits to pulverize their opponents.

In fact, it is said that in the corridors everyone looks askance at the bibs, since the two have a rather identical physique , and that is that the two Belgians, not only share as a curiosity in this European, being twin brothers, if not they also come from a long saga of champion athletes.

Olivia, 24, is the older sister, and has already had successes in 4 × 100, in fact, it has to its credit with a bronze and a silver. But from below the family branch also comes strong, since the youngest of the four brothers, Dylan, 17 , already points ways in the youth championships where he has participated.
The case that two twins participate in the same competition is not something new, the Swedish twins Susanna and Jenny Kallur , participated in the 100 meter hurdle at the European Göteborg 2006.

Still, what stands out about these twins, and their Brothers, it is all the media power that they have raised in their country, where they enjoy a great diffusion, and even have their own clothing line, the JBC.