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TOKYO Given the year the world has endured, it can be hard sometimes to find the blessings. Alise Willoughby has collected so many she s almost lost count.
The BMX athlete from St. Cloud will race in her third Olympics this week during two days of women s competition at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. She enters the Summer Games as the reigning world champion and Olympic silver medalist. At age 30, Willoughby has been following a training plan that has her feeling better than ever for her opening run Wednesday night, as BMX racing makes its fourth appearance at the Olympics.