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While this won't be Felix's first time at the Olympics, it will be her first time competing as a mom to her 2-year-old daughter Camryn.

Similar to many other working moms during the pandemic, Felix says training during this time resulted in \"a lot of chaos.\"

\"I was doing a lot of my training, literally, around my house so I was running in the streets in front of my home and I was in the gym and in our garage and you know my daughter is looking down from above,\" she added.

Felix later shared that without her support sytem she wouldn't be able to gear up for what will be her fifth and final olympics.

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One of this year's The Power of She Fund: Child Care grant recipients, sitting volleyball player Lora Webster, who is mother of three -- ages 10, 8 and 5 -- shared in a statement that she doesn't have family nearby to help with child care. She said a lot of her training happens at home with her kids.

\"There have been many instances where we simply can't justify the cost of a babysitter on top of the cost of the gym and training site, so my training falls by the wayside,\" she said.

Webster added, \"This money has given us such a big breath of relief in the past few weeks.\"

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