Coinciding with the world track championships in Qatar, the Denver-based team of Eddie Pells, national sports writer, and Pat Graham, sports writer, relied on a more than a decade-long relationship with track star Allyson Felix to expose a fight for equal treatment of pregnant women when it comes to sponsorship deals.
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Allyson Felix holds her daughter Camryn after running the women's 400-meter dash final at the U.S. Championships track meet in Des Moines, Iowa, July 27, 2019.
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