OP-ED: Preparing for Tokyo’s ‘Quiet Olympics’
David Leon Moore
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
I didn’t see much TV coverage of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials last month in Oregon. But one scene caught my eye.
It was good “old” Allyson Felix, finishing second in the women’s 400-meter run, earning her fifth trip to the Olympics.
I first interviewed Felix when she was a 17-year-old sprint sensation at Los Angeles Baptist High School and still called “Chicken Legs” by her teammates. It was heartwarming to see Felix, now 35 and a mother, bring her 2-year-old daughter, Camryn, onto the track and include her in the post-race spotlight and show everyone for the umpteenth time that it is possible to be a mother and one of the best athletes in the world.
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