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WEDDING CUPCAKES MAY PROPEL A JAVELIN THROWER TO GOLD AT THE 2021 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO. In typical times, such a statement would seem ridiculous. But these days, it sounds plausible.

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, Kara Winger, a three-time Olympian and the U.S. national record holder in the javelin, needed to adjust. Since she could no longer access indoor facilities for her typical strength and technique drills, she and her husband, former U.S. discus and shot-put thrower Russ Winger, connected a 30-ft. cable from their back fence to a hook at the rear of their house, running it through a metal tube that’s about a foot and a half long. On

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