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Pilates and Athletes in the Spotlight - Summer Olympics 2012

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Updated October 10, 2012

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Kerri Walsh
Kerri Walsh

Olympic Volleyball player Kerri Walsh

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Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won gold in beach volleyball in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. They have partnered again for their third Olympics in summer 2012.

Kerri Walsh has been doing Pilates as part of her beach volleyball training and credits Pilates with helping her regain her body after pregnancy as well. "Pilates gives you such great body awareness. When I got pregnant, I really got into Pilates because I wanted to fix all my asymmetries and deficiencies and go from there. I have a new body because of it." She says.

2012 Olympic Update: Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won gold in women's beach volleyball for the third straight Olympics.

Walsh and May-Treanor Do Pilates (2008)
Profile of Kerri Walsh
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