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Road to Rio 2016

Originally Published: August 5, 2016
By Photography and reporting by AAron Ontiveroz for ESPN | ESPN.com

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IO DE JANEIRO -- The conversation starters went like this:

"Don't get Zika." "I hope you don't die." "I will miss you so, so much."

There is a belief that South America is a disease-riddled land rife with desperate thieves and back-alley thugs. It's a land where toxic waters churn the stomach and intestines. A continent where civilization ends and the lawless jungles begin.

These beliefs are, of course, an exaggeration of the reality. This America is a beautiful ...

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