BOULDER — If there's one thing to be learned from an athlete's first Olympic experience, it is how to deal with the distractions that accompany such a monumental event.
Those athletes good enough to live the experience again apply those lessons from their maiden voyage.
Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn have learned. The two University of Colorado graduates and training partners will line up in August at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio with the first-time jitters out of the way and their eyes focused clearly on medal-worthy performances.
Simpson, an NCAA champion and multiple-time All-American as a Buff, made her Olympic debut in 2008 in the steeplechase in Beijing, where she finished ninth.