At major meets like the Olympics, the wait between attempts can be 20 minutes to a half-hour as competitors are winnowed. What athletes do in that window is largely up to them.
Olyslagers keeps herself alert by writing in a journal. Mahuchikh prefers to relax by cocooning herself in a sleeping bag bought from a camping store.
Both have been dependable at the biggest moments, having won Olympic medals and world titles.
No Russians, including so-called neutral athletes, are permitted to participate in track and field at the Paris Games because of the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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