{"id":613,"date":"2024-09-16T05:51:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2024-09-16T05:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:51:30","slug":"allyson-felix-breaking-barriers-building-legacy-and-defining-her-own-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/613\/allyson-felix-breaking-barriers-building-legacy-and-defining-her-own-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Allyson Felix: Breaking Barriers, Building Legacy, and Defining Her Own Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <picture>\r\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allyson-felix.jpg\"\r\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allyson-felix.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allyson-felix-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allyson-felix-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allyson-felix-768x764.jpg 768w\"             sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 75vw, 1200px\"\r\n             width=\"800\"\r\n             height=\"796\"\r\n             alt=\"Allyson Felix and daughter\"\r\n             loading=\"lazy\"             decoding=\"async\"\r\n             class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-614\" >\r\n    <\/picture>\r\n    <\/p>\n<p>When Allyson Felix became pregnant, Nike wanted to reduce her endorsement contract by up to 70% due to her pregnancy, and told her to &#8220;know your place and just run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During this time, Felix had to undergo an emergency c-section at seven months pregnant due to a life-threatening condition, with her baby spending over a month in the NICU. Two years later she qualified for her fifth Olympics, with her daughter cheering her on.<\/p>\n<p>Felix parted ways with Nike and launched her own shoe brand, Saysh One. She competed in the Tokyo Olympics wearing her shoes, under the slogan &#8220;I Know My Place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With 11 Olympic medals, Felix surpassed Carl Lewis that summer to become the most decorated American track and field athlete in history. Reflecting on her journey, she said: &#8220;I used my voice and built this company for you. So that you never have to train at 4:30 a.m. while you&#8217;re 5 months pregnant to hide your pregnancy from your sponsor.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Allyson Felix became pregnant, Nike wanted to reduce her endorsement contract by up to 70% due to her pregnancy, and told her to &#8220;know your place and just run.&#8221; During this time, Felix had to undergo an emergency c-section &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/613\/allyson-felix-breaking-barriers-building-legacy-and-defining-her-own-path\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[652,654,653,655],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story","tag-allyson-felix","tag-know-your-place","tag-nike","tag-saysh-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}