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By TIME Staff
With eight months until the Olympic Games in Rio, four years of training are coming to a head for U.S. Olympic hopefuls. For some, the coming year will see long-held goals fulfilled, while others may face crushing failures. What’s certain is that for each, 2016 will be a year they never forget.
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