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Alexa Mikhail

Track star and entrepreneur Allyson Felix will launch the Olympic Village’s first nursery: ‘The systems aren't in place for mothers whatsoever’

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Olympic track star Allyson Felix is headed to Paris this week—but not to compete on the track as she did for the last two decades. Felix, the most decorated Olympian in track and field with 11 medals, will instead be traveling with her family of four to launch the Olympic Village’s inaugural nursery to support parent athletes in partnership with Pampers.

“The systems aren't in place for mothers whatsoever,” Felix, who retired from competing professionally in 2022, tells Fortune. “I’m just trying to use my voice and speak up for some of these pretty basic things and try to see what we can implement.” 

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