BONUS: Keeping Track Podcast: Dawn Harper Nelson's Cinderella Story

Published: April 23, 2021, 11:43 a.m.

b"Special bonus introduction to the Keeping Track Podcast, featuring Olympic champion 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper Nelson. Keeping Track is co-hosted by running superstars Molly Huddle, Alysia Monta\\xf1o, Roisin McGettigan Dumas. Each episode, they interview outstanding women in sport. This episode is from January 2020 and gets deep with Nelson about being a two-time Olympic medalist. It's not the story you're expecting, and it's powerful.\\xa0\\nDawn Harper Nelson is an Olympic gold (2008) and silver (2012) medalist in the 100-meter hurdles. In this powerful and important interview, Dawn goes deep about her experiences as a Black woman athlete who also became the first American in her discipline to win a gold medal at one Olympics and then medal at the following Games.\\xa0\\nDawn will be making her bid for a third Olympic team at the Track and Field Olympic Trials coming up in June 2021. Another excellent women helping women tie in here is that Dawn was chosen as one of three elite athlete moms to receive support from the nonprofit &mother as she trains for the trials. &mother aims to help women thrive in their career and in motherhood, and it was founded by Keeping Track\\u2019s Alysia Monta\\xf1o.\\xa0\\nLinks for This Episode\\nKeeping Track website: keeping-track.com\\xa0\\nFollow Keeping Track on Instagram: @keeptrackmedia\\nFollow Dawn Harper Nelson on Instagram:\\xa0@dharp100mh\\nFollow Dawn Harper Nelson on Twitter: @DHarp100mH\\nDawn Harper Nelson Facebook Fanpage: facebook.com/dawnharpernelson\\n&mother website: andmother.org\\nWays to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories\\nInstagram: @womensrunningstories\\nTwitter: @WomenRunStories\\nWebsite: womensrunningstories.com\\nEmail host Cherie: clouiseturner@gmail.com\\nWomen's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/"