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This Is What Olympic Athletes Can Look Like

These are all people who are competing at the height of their sports.

Olympic athletes look like Deanna Price, in the finals of the women's hammer throw.

And Rafael Silva, bronze medalist in judo.

And Kristin Armstrong, three-time gold medalist in the women's individual time trial.

They look like Meng Suping, gold medalist in women's weightlifting.

They look like British diver Jack Laugher.

And Olympic athletes look like South African runner and silver medalist Caster Semenya.

They look like Oksana Chusovitina, two-time Olympic medalist, competing in her seventh straight games.

And like Michelle Carter, gold medalist in women's shot put.

The look like Jessica Long, who has 17 Paralympic medals in swimming (including 12 gold medals).

And like Salas Manguis, Olympic weightlifter.

Or like UK boxer Nicola Adams.

They look like Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler Shinobu Ota.

And like Émilie Andéol from France, gold medalist in women's judo.

They look like Zeng Sini, Paralympic gold medalist in women's individual pursuit cycling.

They look like Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno.

And like gymnast and five-time medalist Simone Biles.

They look like Anita Wlodarczyk, gold medalist (and world record breaker) in women's hammer throw.

And like five-time gold medalist in swimming Nathan Adrian.

Olympic athletes can look like Kayra Sayit of Turkey competing against Nihel Cheikh Rouhou of Tunisia in judo.

Or like Jamal Wilson of the Bahamas competing in the high jump.

And they look like United States weightlifter and bronze medalist Sarah Robles.

Because it turns out...

...that world-class Olympic athletes...

...can look all sorts of different ways!

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