Name: Trevor Barron
Country: USA
Sport: Athletics
Age: 19
Why He’s a Gold Medal Hottie: He’ll be powerwalking his way to the Olympics to compete in a 12-mile course. Though his training methods have conjured some not-so-positive attention from strangers lampooning his pelvic-swinging technique, it doesn’t bother him. His response? “I just tell people I can walk a mile faster than they can run it,” he says. And since it’s been over a decade since the US has earned a medal in international racewalking, if Barron brings home the gold, he’ll also have the last laugh.
