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By Gina Kolata / The Bulletin
January 24, 2013
Of course elite athletes are naturally gifted. And, of course, they train hard and may have a phalanx of support staff — coaches, nutritionists, psychologists.
But they often have something else that gives them an edge: an insight, or even an epiphany, that vaults them from the middle of the....