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Esther’s road to Rio: the pressure is on

05 August 2016 ... min read

5 August 2016

It has been a hectic past few weeks, wrapping up her training ahead of the Olympics, which begin in Rio de Janeiro today. But ING’s Esther Stam remains on course to take on the world’s best.

Esther Stam takes us a step closer to Rio, showing her final training preparations. [2:01]

In her second vlog, she takes us along to the final three training camps in Spain and Israel. Her training in the Netherlands is now finished, and she is off to sunnier climes to put the finishing touches to all her hard work.

But the final training camps are no vacation. They are designed to prepare the athletes for the rigours of competition, just days away. And that is hard work. “Basically, all we do there is train, eat, sleep and repeat,” she says.

Once training is complete, she is off to Georgia to meet up with the Olympic team, and then comes Rio…

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