With the Rio Olympics underway, we went to the stars of the games—the athletes—to find out what’s involved in preparing for the world’s most elite sporting event.
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Becky Sauerbrunn, the co-captain of the women’s US soccer team, who already has an Olympic gold going into this year’s event, told us about the way her team’s learning to acclimatize to the hot temperatures in Brazil, while also switching up their style of training. Shannon Miller, one of the most decorated American artistic gymnasts in history and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, opened up about the diet she follows while training, and track star Allyson Felix laid out her intense 30-hour weekly training schedule. Plus, we’ve got more insight from some of the world’s elite athletes when you click into the slideshow.
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