Rowing Catches Gold

Not being allowed to lose isn't easy. Meghan Musnicki won an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. women's eight rowing team in London. The team had won ten straight world and Olympic titles entering Saturday's gold medal final in Rio. "There is all this chatter about how we haven't lost and this and that," says Musnicki. "And they're unbeatable and they're supposed to win. That can be overwhelming. So we set it aside."

Such a mindset worked out just fine.