We are used to seeing athletes on magazine covers looking like Greek gods: composed, strong, and perfect. But high-speed cameras tell a different story.
Pause a video of an Olympic diver or a tennis player mid-serve, and you enter a world of pure comedy. When the human body exerts 100% of its power, facial muscles stop caring about aesthetics.
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Their lips flap like flags in a hurricane, and their eyes bulge out in sheer terror. It reminds us that the human body is soft and pliable, and even the toughest competitors turn into cartoons when gravity takes hold of their cheeks during a triple somersault. Behind every gold medal is a face that looks like it is melting.
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