Friday, 9 September 2022

Allyson Felix: The precarious crossroad between motherhood and sports

Allyson Felix speaks at SESSION 1 at TED2022: A New Era. April 10-14, 2022, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED

Getting pregnant as a track and field athlete was called the "kiss of death." After becoming pregnant, Olympian Allyson Felix fought to change that by reforming her former sponsor's maternity policy.

(Image credit: Gilberto Tadday/Gilberto Tadday / TED )



from Sports : NPR https://ift.tt/NVGsIcl
via IFTTT

No comments: