"Too much pain, too many injuries, " Lorenzo told CNN's Human to Hero series.

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"I watched the Beijing Olympics and saw so many champions when they won try to do so many signature postures, " she told CNN's Human to Hero series.

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But Antunes, who revealed before the tournament in an interview with CNN's Human to Hero series that he had received advice from Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, has created a team which is keen to make up for lost time.

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If you get to the Getty Villa, save a few minutes to walk slowly around this proud hero, relishing the curving waterfall of pleats that define the first totally convincing human being created by an artist.

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