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LASHINDA DEMUS
Age and Event: 32, Hurdler
Children: Twin boys Dontay and Duaine, 7
Pre-Kids: Ranked top 400-meter hurdler in the world
Post-Kids: American record and Olympic silver medal in 2012, bronze medal at 2013 world championships in Moscow
Now: Still competing, blogs at GoWomanGo.com and started the Lashinda Demus Foundation to support youth running.
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She Says: “Like many women, I’d always wanted a family, but I also wanted a fantastic athletic career. Once I came to the realization that both dreams were happening simultaneously, I never separated the two or chose to give up one for the other. My career and my family are within my one and only life journey.”
Fun Fact: During the final of the 400m hurdle at the London Olympics, Demus could hear her sons yelling, “Go, Mommy, go!”