From September 27, 2019, through October 6, 2019, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) held the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar (“athletics” is what we Americans call “track and field”). The meet was highlighted by several women who recently had children excelled on the track.
Allyson Felix stopped racing early into the 2018 track season due to pregnancy and had an emergency C-section and gave birth to a daughter in November of last year. Already the most decorated female in U.S. Olympic history, Felix surpassed sprint legend Usain Bolt by earning her twelfth and thirteenth world championship gold medals and now has the most world championship titles of any track athlete.
