WE’RE ONLY A few days from the start of the Olympics.
All over the globe, athletes are making their last minute preparations for what is, for many of them, the culmination of decades of training.
While many of the athletes are now on the ground in London, we pulled photos of Olympians training in their home countries in the months leading up to the Games.
These picture not only give you a good idea of how competitors train differently in different countries, they give you a sense of the environment and culture that produced the stars who will go for gold.
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London 2012: These photos of athletes getting ready for the Olympics will give you goosebumps
London 2012: These photos of athletes getting ready for the Olympics will give you goosebumps
WE’RE ONLY A few days from the start of the Olympics.
All over the globe, athletes are making their last minute preparations for what is, for many of them, the culmination of decades of training.
While many of the athletes are now on the ground in London, we pulled photos of Olympians training in their home countries in the months leading up to the Games.
These picture not only give you a good idea of how competitors train differently in different countries, they give you a sense of the environment and culture that produced the stars who will go for gold.
BATON ROUGE, USA - Hurdler Lolo Jones runs stairs in a college football stadium
CAMBRIDGE, NEW ZEALAND - Paralympic rower Danny McBride on Lake Karap
DUISBURG, GERMANY - An unnamed canoeist trains alone
HAVANA, CUBA - Orlando Ortega trains for the 110m hurdles below a painting of Che Guevara
IMPHAL, INDIA - Women's boxing hopeful Mary Kom trains a student
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - A member of the Afghan women's boxing team trains in 2010, the team will send its first fighter to London next month
LONDON, ENGLAND - British diver Tom Daley comes up for air after a practice dive
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Women's beach volleyball player Talita Antunes practices serves
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