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TOKYO — Given the year the world has endured, it can be hard sometimes to find the blessings. Alise Willoughby has collected so many she's almost lost count.
The BMX athlete from St. Cloud will race in her third Olympics this week during two days of women's competition at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. She enters the Summer Games as the reigning world champion and Olympic silver medalist. At age 30, Willoughby has been following a training plan that has her feeling "better than ever'' for her opening run Wednesday night, as BMX racing makes its fourth appearance at the Olympics.