Gevvie Stone Talks about Joy in Sports
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Gevvie Stone is an Olympic rower from Newton, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Tufts University School of Medicine. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is a 3-time World Rowing Cup medalist.
Gevvie Stone talks about how joy is all over in sports - from enjoying the weather to building relationships with teams. She shares that for her the most joyous part of sports is being able to incorporate everything she’s learned and practiced to execute her best performance in a competition.
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