Jenny Simpson听
- Age: 29 at time of Rio Olympics听
- Height: 5'5"
- Weight: 118听
- Hometown: Oviedo, Fla.听
- At CU: Four NCAA track and field titles, three in steeplechase, one in indoor 3,000 meters.听
Medal: Bronze
- 贰惫别苍迟:听1,500-meter race
- Time: 4 min., 10.53 sec听
Prior Olympic appearances:听
- 2008 叠别颈箩颈苍驳听
- 2012 尝辞苍诲辞苍听
- Where do you keep your medal:听
- It's currently in a sock in my suitcase听
- Who has worn your medal:听
- Everyone I've taken photos with. Friends, family and fans听
- Pre-race ritual:听
- Braiding my hair听
- Last meal eaten before Olympic medal race:听
- Rice with grilled vegetables听
- First meal after race:听
- Black bean soup with wild rice and chicken (I cooked it myself at 2 a.m. in my apartment in Rio.)
- No. pairs of running shoes brought to Rio:听
- 9, including 3 pairs of spikes听
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- No. days between Olympic medal and next race:听
- 11听
- 1st听
- American woman to medal in the 1,500-meter race听
- Days off after medal race before next training session:听
- 0听
- Miles typically run per week:听
- 80
- Days off:听
- 0
- Hours slept night before medal race:听
- 10听
"The last 100 meters, when I was running my guts out, that鈥檚 my favorite part of the race,鈥� she told the Denver Post. 鈥淚 love this sport. I love how competitive it is, I love how hard the 1,500 meters is."
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Emma Coburn听
- Age: 25听at time of Rio Olympics听
- Height: 5'8"
- Weight: 120
- Hometown: Crested Butte, Colo.听
- At CU: Three-time NCAA champion, twice in steeplechase, once in indoor mile.听
Medal: Bronze
- 贰惫别苍迟:听3,000-meter steeplechase听
- Time: 9 min., 7.63 sec听
Prior Olympic appearances:听
2012 尝辞苍诲辞苍听
- Where do you keep your medal:听
- In my suitcase or my purse, because I've been traveling so much. Once I'm home I'll probably keep it on a bookshelf.听
- Who has worn your medal:听
- Hundreds of people. The day I won it I was letting every single stranger in Rio try it on and walk around with it.听
- Pre-race ritual:听
- The meal that I have is probably the most rigid part of my routine.听
- Last meal eaten before Olympic medal race:听
- Bagel with banana and peanut butter, the same meal I always eat three hours before the gun goes off.
- First meal after race:听
- Recovery bars. Probably cheesecake and a burger.听
- No. pairs of running shoes brought to Rio:听
- 2 spikes, 3 pairs training shoes听
- No. days between Olympic medal and next race:听
- 12听
- 1st听
- Olympic steeplechase medal for a U.S. woman; her time beat her own American record in the event.听
- Days off after medal race before next training session:听
- 0听
- Miles typically run per week:听
- 80
- Days off:听
- 0
- Hours slept night before medal race:听
- 8
"The last four or five laps were tough. I just kept on telling myself to keep chipping away at the gap and once I got my position, all I wanted to do was to hold it. It wasn鈥檛 until the last 400 or 600 meters when I realized that I had it and just couldn鈥檛 lose it."听
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Sources: teamusa.org; the athletes; CU Boulder
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