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THE MAGAZINE EDITOR'S BLOG: DECATHLON GOLD MEDALIST BRYAN CLAY STOPS BY

By Gary Belsky, ESPN The Magazine Editor-in-Chief

Monday, September 8, 2008

Bryan Clay just dropped by my office. You probably haven't heard of him because, for some reason, the best athlete in the world doesn't get to be really famous anymore.* Clay is the winner of the most recent Olympic decathlon—ten events over two days, both of which last about 14 hours, all of which are spent in "the zone," that period of intense focus that successful athletes find themselves in during competition. That makes marathoners or race car drivers look like they're loafing. An ...

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