From training and competing to preparing bottles for feedings and changing diapers, some of the Olympians at the Paris Games will be balancing their roles of athletes and parents.
FILE - Brooke Francis, left, and Lucy Spoors of New Zealand compete in the Women’s Double Sculls semi final on the second day of the 2024 World Rowing Cup at Rotsee, in Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday, May 25, 2024. There is the British rower who raised more than $4,000 through GoFundMe to go to Paris “as a full-time mom.” The American marathon runner who trained with his daughters’ support by the track.
“The IOC and IOC Athletes’ Commission want to ensure that pregnancy and motherhood do not mean a career end in particular for female athletes,” the IOC said. “The nursery forms part of an ongoing commitment from the IOC and IOC AC to ensure parent athletes are cared for and supported at the Games.
“I think it really tells women that you can choose motherhood and also be at the top of your game and not have to miss a beat,” said American marathon runner Clayton Young had his daughters help him train by yelling power phrases every time he went by through a grass loop section on his training route. When he clinched his spot at the Olympic trials earlier this year, they were among the first to hug and congratulate him at the finish line.
Dutch table tennis player Britt Eerland also resorted to GoFundMe to raise money to make it to the Paris Games after giving birth in March 2023. “We’re so lucky that we have people that we feel comfortable enough with to have the kids staying with them and know that they’re safe and happy,” Spoors told the AP. “Basically it has been a lot of planning and there is an element of a lot of logistics to it.”
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