Ready, Set, Go! Mental Preparation for Competitions

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”The physical things are difficult — using all your muscles and pumping your heart as fast as you can. [...] But the mental piece is the biggest challenge of biathlon. [...] I have this task I’ve done thousands of times that I’m trying to repeat. I know that I’m going to have distractions. The person next to me hit all of the targets. The fans are screaming. The person on the loudspeaker says, ‘Here’s Clare Egan from the U.S.A. Let’s see if she can hold it together.’”

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