For Hometown Heroes Training for the Games, Numbers Matter

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – It is all about the numbers. Ask any athlete competing in Beijing. Whether it is the final score in a tennis match, the winning time in a triathlon or the perfect 10 on the balance beam, the smallest number can separate athletes from the joy of victory and the agony of defeat. There are other numbers in the world of international athletic competition that few of us know about. These numbers reflect the financial costs associated with representing our nation abroad on the field of play.
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