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    PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games: Gold and Glory
    PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games: Gold and Glory
    PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games: Gold and Glory
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    PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games: Gold and Glory

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    Let the games begin! From Berlin to Barcelona, Beijing to Brazil, the Olympics celebrate the dedication, perseverance, drive and talent of athletes around the world. Whether it's swimming, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, rowing or archery, all sports fans fall in love with the electric spirit of the Games that unites cultures and countries around the world every four years.PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games brings you inside the Olympics, both past and present: Featuring profiles of familiar faces such as 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps and 2-time Olympic medalist Gabby Douglas as well as introducing the new wave of talent such as gymnast Simone Biles and track star English Gardner, The Best of the Games chronicles the best of the best over the years. Complete with beautiful, full-color photography, this special edition invites you to relive some of the most memorable Olympic moments - Muhammad Ali's torch lighting at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, the US Women's Soccer Olympic title in the first-ever Women's Soccer Olympic competition, and Michael Johnston's golden finish, just to name a few. From their pre-Olympics path to the podium to post-Olympics life, The Best of the Games showcases the inspiring passion of athletes around the world and how they gave everything for the love of their fans, family, country, and above all: their sport.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeople
    Release dateJul 8, 2016
    ISBN9781683303039
    PEOPLE Olympics 2016: The Best of the Games: Gold and Glory

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      PEOPLE Olympics 2016 - The Editors of PEOPLE

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      FIT, FAST AND RARING TO GO, THESE TEAM U.S.A. VETERANS ARE LOOKING TO MATCH OR BETTER THEIR PAST OLYMPIC PERFORMANCES. BRING IT ON, RIO!

      NEW PARTNERS Walsh Jennings (at left, above and below) and Ross have won multiple tournaments. Ross has also inspired Walsh Jennings to tweak their lucky bikini routine. April likes to wear Sunday whites, Walsh Jennings, who used to don all black in finals, once told SI. A lot of finals are on Sunday, so white is the new black for me.

      KERRI WALSH JENNINGS

      37, BEACH VOLLEYBALL – 2004, 2008, 2012

      AKA: 6 FEET OF SUNSHINE

      Her three golds with Misty May-Treanor made Walsh Jennings half of her sport’s most dominant team. But with her former partner retired, Walsh Jennings is making another Olympic run with a former rival, 2012 silver medalist April Ross. While she has said, I miss Misty every day, the mom of three (who was pregnant at the London Games) is having fun with Ross. She’s wonderful, she told People. We’re working our butts off. I don’t know how many more Olympics I have in me, so I’m cherishing all of it.

      APRIL ROSS

      33, BEACH VOLLEYBALL – 2012

      PAST PARTNER: JENNIFER KESSY

      After she joined forces with Walsh Jennings in 2013, Ross told Sports Illustrated the pairing brought new life to everything.’’ Plus, Ross (who’s married to AVP pro volleyballer Brad Keenan) admits it’s kind of nice to be the favorite for once. It’s the first time," she told the Daily Trojan, the newspaper at her alma mater, USC, that I haven’t been any kind of an underdog. It’s crazy to have everyone trying to knock you off all the time.

      GABBY DOUGLAS

      20, GYMNASTICS – 2012

      SECRET TALENT: BOWLING

      Now 3½ in. taller than she was in London, Douglas (goofing off on Instagram, below) says to train for Rio, I switched my diet. Before it was like, ‘Yeah, candy!’ Now I eat more protein and healthy stuff.

      #ROADTORIO

      Gabby Douglas was 16 when she won the individual all-around, but in Rio she would be one of the senior members of her team.

      Where do you keep your gold medal?

      It’s in L.A. My sisters have it.

      Is training for Rio different?

      Yes! Experience counts—you know what to expect, what to do and what not to do. It’s helped me pace myself.

      Will it be hard, do you think, to defend your title?

      I’m not going to lie: The whole comeback thing has been a little challenging. But I’m expecting a good competition [at trials].

      How are you feeling?

      The consistency and the confidence level can be a little more there, but other than that I am feeling pretty confident.

      Besides winning, what are you hoping to do in Rio?

      Go to the beach!

      ALY RAISMAN

      22, GYMNASTICS – 2012

      HOBBIES: SHOPPING, HOT YOGA

      HI, MOM! Raisman says training means, I’m in the gym at least 30 hours a week. Her parents get it: Her mom (together, below, in 2014) is a former gymnast, and her dad, Rick, played hockey. I wouldn’t have it any other way, because I want to make that Olympic team more than anything.

      Raisman’s parents got their own turn in the spotlight when a video of them nervously (and hilariously) squirming during their daughter’s uneven-bars routine went viral. The 2012 team captain was joined by her mom, Lynn Faber Raisman, for a chat.

      When did you realize you were raising a future Olympian?

      LFR: She started competing when she was 8, but somewhere around 2009, I was like, Oh, she’s on the national team. This is more than I expected.

      AR: And when I yelled at you when I was 10.

      LFR: We were watching Carly Patterson in the all-around in 2004, and I was so nervous for her, even though I didn’t know her. I said, Oh my God, I’m so glad you’re not at this level, and she screamed at me: ‘What are you talking about? I’m going to the Olympics!’ I was like, Oh, okay!

      AR: She didn’t believe me.

      LFR: I didn’t think we would be here. I still can’t believe it. It’s crazy!

      ASHTON EATON

      28, DECATHLON – 2012

      NICKNAME: WHEELS

      WHAT MAKES A DECATHLON? Over two days in 2012, Eaton earned the most total points (8,869) in (clockwise from top left) shot put, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 1,500 meters, 400 meters (46.90 seconds), long jump (8.03 meters), discus

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