He was inhaling from the bong like there was no tomorrow, like this is where Olympic champions go to escape the pressure and expectations and photographers hiding in the bushes.
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“I worked my butt off for four years,” Ryan Lochte reminded those asking questions Saturday. “I put in all the hard work.”
It can’t be a bad thing. Impossible. Rivalries in sport tend to create greatness, magical moments, snapshots that eventually outlive those special athletes talented enough to produce them.
Cortney Jordan’s spirit is contagious. It is limitless. The 21-year-old Coronado High School graduate has qualified to swim in a second Paralympic Games and will be among those favored in London this summer to stand on a podium and have a gold medal slipped around her neck.
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