Zika's Olympic Threat

Apr 25, 2016, 10:08 PM

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Becoming an Olympian requires devoting yourself to a single cause at the exclusion of virtually everything else. Years of training, often in solitude, with little financial security, all in the hope of a payoff that comes just once every four years. Miss your chance, and suffer even more lonely years trying to claw your way back. For those gifted and lucky enough to make it the Games, the last thing they want is to worry about life outside of competition.