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Army Spc. Paul Chelimo leads a pack of runners. Army photo by Tim Hipps

A handful of service members have also found time to be world-class athletes. See who is headed to Rio for the Olympics this year.
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USA goalkeeper Staff Sgt. Joshua Blodgett leaps to try to stop a shot by Korea's Jo Dongkun during the opening competition of the CISM Military World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea, Sept. 30, 2015. U.S. Armed Forces Sports photo by Gary Sheftick

Top athletes from around the world are gathered in South Korea this week for the 6th CISM Military World Games.
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For Army Capt. Chris Fogt and Army Sgt. Justin Olsen juggling dual careers as soldiers and Olympic athletes is worth the struggle if it means making their comrades and fellow Americans proud.
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Photo: Athletes participate in the Cycling competition of the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 9, 2014. The Marine Corps Trials where a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies competed in archery, cycling, field, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track, and wheelchair basketball. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Patrick Onofre/Released)

An athlete participates in the cycling competition of the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 9, 2014.
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Warren Moon, an NFL hall of famer, talks with 7th Infantry Division soldiers about his experiences with traumatic brain injury at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, Wash., Nov. 20, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin A. Naylor

Soldiers from 7th Infantry Division and former players shared their experiences with TBI during a round-table discussion
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