Kayla Platoff, Maryville University

Twins Monica and Jenny Rokhman welcome their relatively normal life after competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Dakota Buhler, George Fox University

Olympic medalist Jackie Galloway spends her mornings practicing taekwondo and her afternoons in an engineering lab.

Jill Phelan, Saint Vincent College

The green water has been drained and Ryan Lochte has been apprehended, but what, in the larger picture, have we learned?

Daniel Enjamio, Santa Fe College

Though torn apart by racial and religious strain at home, the games are a reminder that our country’s advantage is its diversity.