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Alexi Pappas on Representing Greece and How She Prepares for an Olympics Postponement

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Alexi Pappas represented Greece in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio where she ran in the 10,000 meter, breaking the national record. Pappas joined SI's Ryan Asselta to talk about how the coronavirus is impacting her training and the training of her fellow athletes. Pappas was supposed to represent Greece in this summer's Olympics, but with the Games likely being postponed due to the global pandemic, she shares how her training schedule will adjust to prepare her for the rescheduled beginning of the Tokyo Games.