Team USA may be used to competing in front of millions of people, but when asked to sing in front of a camera, it seems as though some of them suddenly become victims of stage fright. During a recent 2016 Rio Summer Games feature for The Scene, W Magazine asked Olympians like gymnast Gabby Douglas, swimmer Nathan Adrian and runner Allyson Felix to perform a cover of Queen’s “We Are the Champions.”
While a few of them gave it their best go, belting out the ’70s anthem, others would only speak their lines.
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