RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's one thing to say you're going to win an Olympic medal or two. It's another to plan out every step in minute detail — on laminated flash cards, even — the way Tianna Bartoletta does.
The 30-year-old American is one of those rare throwbacks — trying for sprint medals in the 100 and the relay, while also focusing on her day job, the long jump, where she's the defending world champion.
It makes her busier than your average Olympian, and she's got the perfect system to handle it all. Printed on cards , in near minute-by-minute detail, are her daily routines for pretty much everything — practice days, long jump days, sprint days, transportation, meals, packing her suitcase, and so on.