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TIL Nike dropped Allyson Felix's 7 yr old sponsorship because she asked that she shouldn't be punished if her performance dropped due to childbirth. 10 months later she won a gold medal breaking Usain Bolt's world record for most gold medals in world championships history, with her daughter watching

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