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Even from 20 yards away, Eddie Borysewicz knew from the arch of the rider?s back that his position was off. The famed coach, who led the U.S. squad to nine Olympic medals in 1984, ending a 72-year drought, didn?t need to take any measurements. He didn?t need any tools. He didn?t even need the rider …

We’re a nation of fatties, in no small part because we get half as much exercise as we should. The typical American spends just two hours a week exercising, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Maryland, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults age 18 to 64 get four hours of exercise per week. That could help explain why a separate study by Duke University finds 42 percent of the population could be obese by 2030, adding nearly $550 billion to the nation’s healthcare tab.

The tech giant’s app will show how you’re connected to some 10,000 athletes in its database. At least 18 of them aren’t at all happy about that.

Trials rider Julien Dupont shreds the steep hills, narrow streets and challenging terrain of Favela do Vidigal in Rio.