Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years. vs Each of the Olympic athletes has been traiing for months, even years.

Both phrases are correct, but they differ in subject-verb agreement. The first phrase uses 'have' to match the plural subject 'athletes,' while the second phrase uses 'has' to match the singular 'each.' Both can be used depending on whether you consider the emphasis on the individual athletes or the group as a whole.

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Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years.

This phrase is correct as it matches the plural subject 'athletes' with the plural verb 'have.'

This phrase is suitable when emphasizing the athletes as individuals who have been training.

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It would be very irresponsible if the IOC endangered the lives of the Olympic athletes by holding the games in such an unpredictable region.
Boys, Billy and Meredith have been training for that for months.
But we have been Training for this.
Sorry. But I have been training for a beer-drinking competition.
But we have been Training for this.
There are girls that have been training for this since they could flush the toilet themselves.
According to a report in the newspaper, European Voice (number 11, 19-25 March 2009), some 500 Commission officials have been training for a year to carry out the duties expected of the EU's diplomatic corps if the Lisbon Treaty enters into force.
Look at the Olympic athletes who have won gold.
Ray, you've been training for this comeback for months.
Presumably we'll ban them, but then we'll have the specter of teenagers in their high schools gyms routinely out-performing the Olympic athletes.
Lagerbäck... You've been technical advisor for Sectragon, who in turn have been training terrorists.
Did you know they served cheesecake to the Olympic athletes in ancient Greece?
You have been training me to ferret out lies.
Members of the crew of this dangerous Voyage... have been training intensely here at the Mojave Spaceport.
For the past 18 months, we at the CIA have been training a brigade of anti-Castro guerillas in Guatemala.
Of course you are getting back together because of the Olympics.
On Hawlwadig Road and hold just short of the Olympic Hotel.
Rhodes Scholar, clerk for Chief Justice Roberts, member of the Olympic badminton team.
It was part of the Olympics in Ancient Greece.
This will be like a kid out of the Olympics...

Alternatives:

The olympic athletes have been training for months, even years.

Each of the Olympic athletes has been traiing for months, even years.

This phrase is correct as it matches the singular subject 'each' with the singular verb 'has.'

This phrase is appropriate when focusing on the collective action of training by each athlete.

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It would be very irresponsible if the IOC endangered the lives of the Olympic athletes by holding the games in such an unpredictable region.
Look at the Olympic athletes who have won gold.
Presumably we'll ban them, but then we'll have the specter of teenagers in their high schools gyms routinely out-performing the Olympic athletes.
Did you know they served cheesecake to the Olympic athletes in ancient Greece?
Of course you are getting back together because of the Olympics.
On Hawlwadig Road and hold just short of the Olympic Hotel.
Rhodes Scholar, clerk for Chief Justice Roberts, member of the Olympic badminton team.
It was part of the Olympics in Ancient Greece.
This will be like a kid out of the Olympics...
It also wants EU countries to clarify their position about whether to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
China after the earthquake and ahead of the Olympics
I waited outside of the Olympic for my father.
He told us the assassins were members of the Olympic team.
Has now left, gone to a makeshift helicopter pad at the back of the olympic village.
This unquestionable, I would say, erich, is the quality field of the Olympics.
Ancient Greece bestowed on humankind among other things the joy of the Olympic Games.
I would not rule out a full boycott of the Olympics.
Mr President, you also mentioned the question of the Olympic Games in China.
Let me finally say a word on the question of the Olympic Games.
All European governments should act in unison and boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

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Each olympic athlete has been training for months, even years.

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Each of the Olympic athletes have been training for months, even years. vs Each of the Olympic athletes has been traiing for months, even years.