“I Was Terrified”- Allyson Felix Admits Hesitancy To Turn Away From Nike

Allyson Felix became the most decorated American female athlete by winning two medals at Tokyo Olympics 2020!

What a fascinating career streak for Felix!

First, let’s throw some light on her previous achievements. To begin with, Felix has had an incredible Olympic career. With a grand total of 11 medals, she’s definitely become the face of American athletics. With 7 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze, nobody can deny the fact that she’s phenomenal!

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Athletics – Women’s 4 x 400m Relay – Final – Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 7, 2021. Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Phil Noble

Allyson Felix talks about her experience at Tokyo Olympics

Recently, in one of her interviews with CNN, she talked about why Olympics has a “different sense” among the athletes. However, there were certain aspects of the interview which are certainly very interesting to know about!

Interestingly, Felix raised a very important issue in the year 2019. Apparently, Nike started paying the female athletes lesser, after giving birth to their children. Indeed, it was very courageous for Allyson to talk about this fearlessly on social media. Thus, she brought about a tremendous change when she stood up for something so very crucial!

The reporter asked her about the complete thought process that went behind for Allyson’s end. The reporter asked, “Were you scared to do that?“. Felix had an intriguing answer.

Allyson Felix, now the most decorated US track and field athlete in Olympics history, says the 2020 Games had a “different sense” among the athletes.

“I think we felt like we needed to come together, and we were inspired by each other’s performances.” https://t.co/oGUO76zxEV pic.twitter.com/habyCzRbQ1

— CNN (@CNN) August 12, 2021

Allyson Felix’s reply

Allyson expressed her concerns by saying, “I was terrified for so long. I had really just focussed on performance and focussed on what I was supposed to do. And when it wasn’t aligning with what I felt was right and what I had seen marketed, I felt like I had to speak up and to share my story. But it was absolutely so scary and also I didn’t know what was going to come from it. And I knew that there were going to be real consequences.”

What Allyson did was inspirational. Since few athletes worked actively towards highlighting such an important issue certainly shows how daring she is. Despite knowing that there will be repercussions for taking such bold steps, she went ahead with it, anyway.

Hence, this makes her an impactful personality to be celebrated thoroughly.

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