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Motives:
 * Allyson Felix**
 * Background information and accomplishments.
 * A 26 year old sprinter for the USA olympic track and field team.
 * Born in California, the daughter of a priest. She had Christian beliefs and a strong love for god that helped her believe in herself and achieve her outstanding goals.
 * Believes that she couldn't have came as far as she has without god in her life. She claims that her speed is a gift from god, and anything she has done she has done because god has allowed her to do so.
 * She was made fun of in high school, her classmates called her "chicken legs". Little did they know she's soon use those "chicken legs" to dominate at the Olympic games!
 * She decided to run track randomly as a freshman with no previous experience from middle school. After only those 10 weeks of real runners training, she won a state medal in the 200m dash as freshman.
 * A few months later, still as a freshman, she ran a time of 22.11 which is the fastest time in history for a high school girl.
 * She had a strong family bond. Her brother, Wes, was a champion sprinter as well; he now acts as her agent with hopes to help her succeed as well.
 * Competes in the 200m, 100m, and 400m dashes.
 * __Only__ woman to be a three-time “Athletics World Championship” gold medalist for the 200m dash.
 * Also a two-time silver medalist for the 200m at the Olympics. A gold medalist in 4x400m relay.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since 2004 she has won 24 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. - In world championships, USA championships, and the Olympics.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since 2004 she has won 24 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. - In world championships, USA championships, and the Olympics.
 * To push herself to her limit, becoming stronger and faster every day, with god behind her every step of the way.
 * Another motive was to defeat Veronica Campbell, a Jamaican runner who has always been stiff competition to her. If Veronica would beat her at one championship, it would push Allyson that much harder to beat Veronica at the next one.

Allyson became a role model for many women, not only in the United States, but in the world. Throughout her journey she had to overcome the starting doubts people had about her because of how thin she was for her height, making many believe that she wouldn't have the strength to be a fast sprinter. She also had to overcome the taunting of other students and even teammates when they would call her chicken legs and say her legs were too long for her body. Allyson used this as determination to help herself build muscle, and even just in high school could bench up to 700 pounds. On top of that, Allyson had to overcome her exercise-induced asthma, which she has diagnosed with when she found that she couldn't breathe while training for the olympics. But Allyson wouldn't let this shortness of breath keep her from her training. She saw her asthma as just another obstacle that she would have to push through to achieve her goals.