In a new interview, the 35-year-old mom and champion athlete revealed who inspired her to use her voice.
is the most decorated American female track-and-field Olympian of all time, but she told TODAY that going head-to-head with former sponsor Nike over postpartum pay for female athletes"completely terrified" her.
The 35-year-old athlete, who will make her fifth Olympic debut in Tokyo later this week, said motherhood inspired her decision to speak out. "I didn't know what was going to come of it, but the one thing that really gave me the courage was being the mother of a little girl," Felix,
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