Olympic track & field legend allysonfelix won Sports Illustrated’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award for 2022 👏🏾
The 11-time Olympic medalist retired from the sport in July at age 36. She competed in five consecutive Olympics Games, won 10 national titles in three different events and holds 20 World Athletic Championship medals . Her résumé makes her the most decorated athlete in the history of world athletics championships.
While she was pregnant, Felix didn’t want her sponsor Nike to know she was carrying. The Olympian trained at dawn while she was six months pregnant so no one would see her baby bump.Felix ended up choosing not to re-sign with Nike after giving birth because the company declined to allow maternity benefits in her 12-month proposed deal.new maternity policy
“I always think about my daughter and the world that she’s gonna grow up in, and I would love for that to be a more equal world,” Felix said. “I would love for her to not have any limitations or think about anything twice because she’s a girl. So those are all things that continue to push me and to know that there’s so much more to do.”
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