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As A Female Athlete, You're Always Fighting To Be On A Level Playing Field With Your Male Counterparts. But I Believe The Olympics Is Great For Young Girls; They Get To Be Exposed To So Many Different Sports And To These Really Strong Women. It's An Opportunity To Showcase What We Do, Which Is Something That Men Get The Opportunity To Do On A Pretty Regular Basis.

My Mom Is Great And I Make Sure That We Pray Together Before Every Race. She Helps Me Put Everything In Perspective And Remind Me Of The Real Reason I Run.

It Was All Kind Of A Whirlwind At The Beginning. I Didn't Really Realize That I Had A Special Gift From God. It Was Probably Towards The End Of High School In My Senior Year When Things Really Started To Come Together And I Realized That I Had More Potential And That I Could Do This As A Career And That The Olympics Were A Possibility.

My Mom Always Has This Amazing Ability To Always See The Best In A Situation. In That Moment [when Finished 2nd In The 200 Meter Race In The 2008 Olympic Games] I Was Just Completely Devastated. I Mean, I Had Worked So Hard; That Was My Opportunity. And She Was Just Able To Turn It Around For Me. She Helped Me To Be Able To See The Other Side Of Things And That This Is Not The End For Me. She's Just An Amazing Supporter And An Encouraging Person And She Has A Unique Ability To Do That. And So Those Are The Kind Of Things She Said To Me In That Moment And Over The Next Four Years. When Things Get Tough, She's Always Been My Strength.

I Always Look Back To My First Olympic Medal In 2004 In Athens. I Was Very New To The Sport, And It Was My First Big Win At The Olympics.