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Layden: Competing under withering pressure, Olympians deserve our fervor and empathy

Chloe Kim
Chloe Kim

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Bottom of the ninth? Pressure. Two free throws to win the game? Pressure. Six-foot putt to win the U.S. Open? Pressure. But there’s not pressure like that heaped on Olympic athletes, who carry the expectations of a nation and only get the chance to shrug it off every four years.

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