USA, Georgia, Atlanta, Carl Lewis holding medals

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 1996: Sprinter, long jumper, and eight-time gold medalist, Carl Lewis, poses naked showing off his toned physique in June of 1996 in a training facility in Atlanta, Georgia. The olympians of ancient greece trained not only to compete but to attain physical abilities that rivaled those of the common man--with the feats achieved during the present day olympics its fair to say little has changed. These athletes train their bodies to machine-like capabilities in order to beat the competition by sometimes only a hundredth of a second. Some have done it with severe heat stroke or even a broken leg.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 1996: Sprinter, long jumper, and eight-time gold medalist, Carl Lewis, poses naked showing off his toned physique in June of 1996 in a training facility in Atlanta, Georgia. The olympians of ancient greece trained not only to compete but to attain physical abilities that rivaled those of the common man--with the feats achieved during the present day olympics its fair to say little has changed. These athletes train their bodies to machine-like capabilities in order to beat the competition by sometimes only a hundredth of a second. Some have done it with severe heat stroke or even a broken leg.
USA, Georgia, Atlanta, Carl Lewis holding medals
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