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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Stephen Wade

LeBron, Lindsey Vonn, Ronaldo keep going; Faster, stronger and longer, with plenty of help

Sports Aging Athletes - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Aging athletes such as LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lindsey Vonn are similar to racing cars — maintained by tinkering mechanics, data analysts, and shelves of replacement parts

“If you look at many elite athletes now, they have an army of supporting staff like a Formula 1 team,” Hirofumi Tanaka, a Japan-born exercise physiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, told The Associated Press in an interview.

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