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Cypriot sailor and Olympics medallist Pavlos Kontides stands next to his Laser Standard boat as he prepares for a training session near the coastal city of Limassol on May 24, 2016.Florian Choblet/AFP / Getty Images

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This picture taken on July 8, 2016 shows Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei training for the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics in Kuala Lumpur.Manan Vatsyayana/AFP / Getty Images

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Brazilian military athlete Bernardo Oliveira trains recurve archery for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, at the Army Club in Brasilia on July 8, 2016.Evaristo Sa/AFP / Getty Images

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Peru's runners Raul Pacheco (R), Willy Canchanya (2-R), Cristian Pacheco (2-L) and Luis Ostos (L), take part in a training sesion in Huancayo, 376 km east of Lima on June 25, 2016.Ernesto Benavides/AFP / Getty Images

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Jacqueline Simoneau (LEFT) and Karine Thomas are photographed during a video shoot at the Toronto Pan Am Sports centre on May 19 2016. The pair will be representing Canada in the duet synchronized swimming event at Rio 2016.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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In this photograph taken on May 24, 2016, Pakistani shooter Minhal Sohail takes part in a training session at the Pakistan Navy shooting range in Karachi.Rizwan Tabassum/AFP / Getty Images

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Nigerias table tennis player Segun Toriola serves as he trains in Lagos on July 26, 2016 before heading to the Rio Olympics.Florian Plaucheur/AFP / Getty Images

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Belarussian rhythmic gymnast Melitina Staniouta attends a training session at a sports base as she prepares for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Minsk, May 27, 2016. Picture taken May 27, 2016.Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

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Rose Nathike Lokonyen and James Nyang Chiengjiek, refugees from South Sudan, part of the refugee athletes who qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics, stretch during a training session at their camp in Ngong township near Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 9, 2016.Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

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Mexico's Olympic boxer Joselito Velasquez (L) and Juan Pablo Romero receive massages after a training session in preparation to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, at their camp 3300 meters above sea level in San Jose Teacalco, Mexico, July 19, 2016.Edgard Garrido/Reuters

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A gymnast from Russia trains for the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Athletes Park, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on July 27, 2016.Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

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