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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephen Wade

REVEALED: How olympians think about success and failure and what we can learn from them - The Real Truth

Be Well--Think As An Olympian - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

If winning gold medals were the only standard, almost all Olympic athletes would be considered failures.

A clinical psychologist with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Emily Clark's job when the Winter Games open in Italy on Feb. 6 is to help athletes interpret what it means to be successful.

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