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Training for the Olympics in the Middle of a Pandemic
Competitions in 2021 are missing part of what makes track and field amazing
Any other year I would have been on a track in Morocco, in Paris, or maybe even in Switzerland, orchestrating a crowd of fifty thousand people to clap together to watch me do something amazing. But with times as they are, my career has changed in ways I never could have imagined.
*Cue…me 😊* Hi, I’m Tori, Nike sponsored track and field professional athlete. Yes, we exist. Track and field is indeed a pro sport. You’ve seen us in the Olympics, but that’s not the only time we compete. I do triple jump. No, not the one with the pole. Nope, not the hurdles either… that’s called a hurdler. I’m the one in the sand. I jump three times, a hop, a skip, and a jump. I like to think that’s where that “it’s only a hop-skip-and a jump away” phrase came from. Anyways, that’s me… a triple jumper and two-time American Record holder.
Covid-19 has been a real pain in the ass for professional sports. I don’t say that to be insensitive to all that have truly suffered from this virus, I know there are far more important things than playing a game, a match, or a meet. But in March of 2020, our track season was slowly receding. I was training in Paris at the time with a few jumpers from the French…
