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Players and their Olympic pins: A love affair

There's more to snag in Rio than gold.

Published Aug 12, 2016

In Rio, Caroline Wozniacki went ham trading pins with her fellow elite athletes. The Dane's credential lanyard looked too heavy to wear by trip's end. Woznaicki wasn't the only WTA star with a mad love for pins.

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The pros were taking the pin culture very seriously.

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It wasn't just the ladies, Dustin Brown got in on the action too.

The tradition is a hot topic even among Olympic veterans.

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And it gets competitive (as expected).

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At the end of the day, the pins are an excuse to meet athletes from other sports, and a simple way for Olympians to take home a piece of Rio.

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