Felicia Stancil lost her mother at age 3. Exactly one year after her death, Stancil’s father introduced her to BMX racing, a sport that he himself competed…
Stancil, a Lake Villa native and elite women's world champion in BMX racing, is on her second quest for Olympic glory after falling short of medaling at the Tokyo Games by less than half a second.Felicia Stancil lost her mother at age 3. Exactly one year after her death, Stancil’s father introduced her to BMX racing, a sport that he himself competed professionally in for years.
"It's been a long journey, and he's definitely opened a lot of doors for me,” Stancil told reporter Alex Maragos. Stancil's story is featured in NBC Chicago's new series focused on Chicago-area Olympians,Stancil admitted that while there were times as a kid she would rather have been home watching television, her father encouraged her, and the drive to train in the sport came from them both.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyFast-forward to 2024, and Stancil looks to finish in Paris what she started and ultimately, barely fell short of in Tokyo.Stancil said she felt she didn't have her best lap at the finals in Tokyo and thinks she could have done better for herself.
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