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Everyday Champions: Lifetime Achievement
 
By Stan Awtrey
Being a member of the U.S. Olympic team, as an athlete or a coach, is the achievement of a lifetime. To stand on the starting blocks or work the sidelines as a coach – as have a quartet of Georgia Tech coaches puts a person among elite company.
But most admit the most chilling moment of the Olympic experience is when they put on their official uniform and join the other athletes and staff for the Opening Ceremonies. That walk into the arena is the definitive pinch-me I’m-at-the-Olympics moment that let them know it wasn’t a dream and they were indeed representing their country on the world’s biggest athletic platform. ....

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