Olympic champion Allyson Felix took a stand for female athletes after a contract dispute during her pregnancy, choosing not to accept terms that lacked maternity protections. She later partnered with a company that supported athlete parents and also launched her own women's running shoe brand, Saysh. Her advocacy sparked wider discussions across the sports industry and encouraged stronger maternity policies for sponsored athletes. Felix then returned to elite competition, winning more Olympic and World Championship medals and becoming the most decorated athlete in World Athletics Championships history with 14 gold medals, showing that parenthood and sporting success can go hand in hand. #allysonfelix #womeninsports #athletics #trackandfield #olympics #worldathletics #sportshistory #femaleathletes #feminism
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And can you believe Nike went on to create maternity clothing?! Hypocrisy
Nikes continuously shows us that they’re a shit company. I don’t buy Nike, haven’t for 7 years
Cutting her pay when she about to have a child is wild, it’s expensive to have children and to have enough supplies for them too.
. She surpassed his amount of gold medals in 2019. Edit* yall are going after me right now, me personally I thought it meant got you one more medals than him because I know that he is the fastest person in all of history. I personally thought it was quite obvious that they were referencing the amount of metals that the woman won, but I also understand how it is heavily misleading. Edit number 2* I’m sorry if I came off as rude so I will edit this comment, it was misleading because i was told by this very nice person why it was highly misleading, now I understand why it can cause misunderstandings. I hope the comment that is still up there can atleast tell everyone what she surpassed him in.
For more details: Allyson Felix faced a major setback in 2018 when her longtime sponsor, Nike, refused to offer maternity protections during contract negotiations. While pregnant, she asked for a guarantee that she would not be financially penalized if her performance dropped around childbirth. Nike rejected her request and instead offered a new contract with a 70% pay cut. Rather than accept those terms, Felix walked away and decided to fight for the rights of female athletes. She later partnered with Athleta, which supported her through motherhood with maternity protections, and co-founded her own women's running shoe brand, Saysh. Her decision sparked a global conversation about how pregnant athletes were treated, putting pressure on major sports brands. In response, Nike updated its policy to guarantee pay and bonus protections for sponsored athletes during pregnancy. Felix then made a remarkable return to competition, winning Olympic and World Championship medals after giving birth. In 2019, she broke Usain Bolt's record for the most career gold medals at the World Athletics Championships, finishing her career with 14 gold medals. Her success on and off the track helped change the future of women's sports while proving that motherhood does not have to end an athlete's career. Sources: /allyson-felix-nike-pregnancy-fight-was-worth-going-through-the-storm/ /2019/05/22/opinion/allyson-felix-pregnancy-nike.html
Shaming women for having kids and shaming women for not having kids.
And then they blamed women for not wanting to have kids🗿
This is how alot of companies roll in the USA.
My mom got fired for being pregnant with my baby brother, she has a better job now but it was a lot, she didn’t work for 3 years. Guys the brother is the baby she’s pregnant with, not her having a baby with my brother and I’m a boy
Reason 16947 to not buy from Nike. Been boycotting them since 2020
SHE BROKE USIAN BOLTS RECORD AND I NEVER HEARD OF THIS???
I'll hate nike for it a little, but slay queen 👑
Just because a women is pregnant that doesn’t mean that she is no longer able to do something, like not every women is weak during pregnancy or not. Because women are stronger and capable of things, even working in jobs that are so call for “men”.
I never liked Nike, always thought the shoes looked ugly
my basketball team is sponsored by nike and they have really unfair rules for literal MIDDLE schoolers💀💀
It's illegal to pay a woman less because she is pregnant. But sure, Nike, call it "performance"
This is actually disgusting, keep in mind that Nike sponsors all sorts of people, even streamers who are racist and mocked disabled people
A little bit misleading with the sentence “She brote *Usain* Bolt’s record.” because as you explain later in the description you refer to the record of holding the most gold medals. The way you wrote it in the short made it seem that she had run faster than him.
She didn’t break Usain Bolt’s record lmao😹😹😹😹😹
I don’t buy Nike ever. Their morals don’t align with mine.