25 rare photos of Olympians showing what is happening behind the scenes of big sports
The Olympic Games in Tokyo are in full swing, and athletes from all over the world have come together in an equal fight for medals. It's no secret that only the best of the best go to the main sports event. And on the screen, Olympic athletes may seem like some kind of superhumans, but in reality they are just like you and me. Just outstanding physical parameters are usually achieved by no less outstanding long-term training.
We have collected 25 photos of athletes and Olympians, which clearly demonstrate the strength of the spirit and the amazing capabilities of the human body.
Weightlifter Hidilin Diaz is the first Filipino woman to win Olympic gold
The difference in height between gymnast Simone Biles and a player of the US national volleyball team
Cody Miller is an American Olympic swimmer with a deformed chest
The first gymnast in history to receive the highest score of 10 points for her performance is Romanian Nadia Comaneci
A frightening X-ray of a gymnast performing an exercise
This is the kind of view that appears before the eyes of ski jumpers
Photos from an elite training camp for American gymnasts
The leg of cyclist Janez Brajkovic after the end of the race
A spectacular pitch from a player of the Houston Astro baseball team
The feet of Dutch Olympic champion Maarten van der Weyden after he swam 163 km in 55 hours to raise money for the Cancer Research Foundation
And these are his hands
Volleyball player of the Russian national team Alexander Volkov and his compatriot from the gymnastics team Seda Tutkhalyan
Cyclist's legs after overcoming 16 stages of the Tour De France
John Selsky, who cut his left quadriceps with his right skate, but continues to perform
This is what the hands of Alex Gregory, a British Olympian, looked like after a month of rowing while participating in an expedition on the Arctic Ocean
American gymnasts. In truth, the Olympic press
Sarah Attar is the first track and field athlete to represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympic Games. Although she came last in the 800 meters, history will not forget her
Amazing transformation of a cyclist's legs after he retired from the sport and started riding for fun
Briton Olivia Federici stretches before performing in the synchronized swimming program
Nothing unusual. Just a Dutch cyclist Laurine Van Riessen rides on the wall of the track in Rio De Janeiro
The difference in size between an American swimmer and a gymnast
Usain Bolt breaks the laws of physics
The huge hand of the American fencer Miles Chamley-Watson
The standard evening of the Olympic champion – restoring compresses and movies
Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps after treatment with medical banks
Cyclist Robert Verstemann (right) shows off his incredible hips-74 cm in girth
Usain Bolt's back after a day of grueling training
An athlete competing in freestyle skiing puts her knee in order
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