Greta Cicolari keeps seeing those boot-shaped ice baths the American men's beach volleyball players count on to heal their muscles after matches.

The Italian, who wrapped a large ice bag around her left knee and then right shoulder Thursday, is open to the idea of adding that element to her training-room routine. It must work if the U.S. is doing it, right?

"It's a secret of the Americans," Cicolari says.

Told that 300-pound NFL players jump into such tubs all in a row in the United States, she was intrigued.

"In Italy we don't have that, so it's strange to see," she says, noting that she might try one out. "I don't know when, but I'd like to."

— Janie McCauley — Twitter http://twitter.com/janiemccAP

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