ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Olympic weightlifter Mattie Rogers holds eight American records, including the all-time female high for both the snatch and the clean and jerk in her weight class.
At age 20, she stands one successful competition away from making Team USA for the 2016 Summer Games.
And her road map to Rio was divined in an inspirational letter from her father, who died when she was six years old.
Yet you probably best know her for that hyper-viral "epic fail" weightlifting video seen by millions on social media last month.
That 15-second clip of Rogers dropping her bar and helplessly chasing it before it destroyed a gym window trended across the Internet and received strong play on Bleacher Report, ESPN, Fox Sports, Headline News and elsewhere.