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USA TODAY Sports counts down the 100 days to the Rio Olympics with daily stories about athletes, teams and coaches preparing for the Summer Games. The opening ceremony is Aug. 5.
Erin Taylor-Talcott knows she might be the only woman lining up this weekend in the 50-kilometer event at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome, and that’s OK. It’s more than OK. It’s thrilling for an athlete who has over the course of five years pushed for gender equity in her sport.