An Eating Disorder Once Kept This Bay Area Athlete From Competing. Now She's Racing for Gold in the Olympics
Copy Link Robyn Stevens celebrates after finishing first in the Women's 20 km Racewalk Final on day nine of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 26, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) We tend to think of the Olympics as being for young people. But much depends on the specific sport, and the resilience of the specific athlete. Meet 38-year-old Robyn Stevens of Vacaville, California. She's representing the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics after taking a 12-year break from professional race walking. As a child, Stevens loved soccer and dance...
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