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Decorated weightlifter gets creative while training for Tokyo Olympics

Decorated weightlifter gets creative while training for Tokyo Olympics
AND WE DEBUT A WEIGHTLIFTER LOOKING FO COMPETITION. REPORTER: MADDIE ROGERS WAS LESS THAN PLEASED LAST YEAR WHEN THE OLYMPIC WERE POSTPONED. >> WE ALL QUAD FIDE AND EARNED OUR SPOTS. AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF TAKEN BACK, ALMOST. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. WE'RE UPSET. REPORTER: SHE LOOKED MUCH HAPPIER AT THE MEDIA SUMMIT THIS YEAR. ROGERS SPENT THE FIRST 12 YEARS OF HER LIFE DOING GYMNASTICS BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO CROSS FIT AT 17 YEARS OLD AND WEIGHTLIFTING COMPETITIVELY. >> I WAS THE ALTERNATE FOR TO 216 OLYMPICS, SO BEEN HANGING THERE HOPING TO GET A SHOT. >> NOW, WITH LESS THAN 100 DAYS TO GO, SHE'S REFLECTING ON WHAT IT TOOK TO GET HERE. >> WEIGHTLIFTING, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE MINIMAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT. SO IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON A BAR AND WEIGHTS YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO TRAIN. >> ATHLETES HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF TRAINING FACILITIES CLOSE. RENTAL SPACE IN HER APPROPRIATE. >> I'VE HAD TO CUT UP MY LIVING ROOM CARPET SO I HAVE A PLACE TO TRAIN. I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, IT'S MADE ME A LOT TOUGHER AS AN ATHLETE. MENTALLY, I CAN TRAIN ANYWHERE ANY TIME WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THROWN AT YOU. >> THE PANDEMIC SHAPING HER INTO A EVEN STRO
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Decorated weightlifter gets creative while training for Tokyo Olympics
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Like so many athletes, Mattie Rogers was less than pleased last year when the Olympics were postponed.

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"I mean, we all qualified and earned our spot, and then it was kind of taken back almost," Rogers said. "So, I think we바카라 게임 웹사이트™re all in the same boat, almost. We바카라 게임 웹사이트™re tired; we바카라 게임 웹사이트™re exhausted; we바카라 게임 웹사이트™re upset."

She looked much happier this year at the media summit.

Rogers spent the first 12 years of her life doing gymnastics before transitioning into CrossFit at 17 years old and weightlifting competitively.

바카라 게임 웹사이트œI was the alternate for the 2016 Olympics. So, I have been hanging since there, hoping to get another shot,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Rogers said.

With fewer than 100 days to go until the postponed Olympic Games, Rogers reflects on what it took to get here.

"Weightlifting. We바카라 게임 웹사이트™re lucky to have kind of minimal weightlifting requirements," she said. "So, if you can get your hands on a bar and some weights, you can do something to train."

With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping gyms and training facilities closed, athletes around the world have had to jump through hoops to stay in shape and at the top of their games. Rogers told sister station KOCO that she worked to create a training space in her rental property.

"My situation바카라 게임 웹사이트™s been a little rough. I바카라 게임 웹사이트™ve had to cut up my living room carpet to make my garage level so I have a place to train," Rogers said. "But I think, in general, it바카라 게임 웹사이트™s made me a lot tougher as an athlete. Mentally, I feel like I can train anytime or anywhere now, which is good because, in competitions, you never know what바카라 게임 웹사이트™s going to be thrown at you."

Watch the video above for more on this story.