With less than a month to go until the Olympics, Kim Gaucher may be forced to choose between her life's work and her future. Gaucher, a Team Canada basketball player from Mission, B.C., gave birth to her daughter, Sophie, on March 19 and is still breastfeeding. However, family members of athletes are barred from attending the Tokyo Olympics due to the pandemic. "The Tokyo Olympic Games are understandably being conducted with an unprecedented focus on health and safety. WATCH | Gaucher hoping to bring daughter to Tokyo:Olympian, mother Kim Gaucher seeks exception to bring infant daughter to Tokyo Sports 1:16 The Canadian basketball player is asking for an exception so that she can breastfeed her daughter Sophie during the Tokyo Olympics.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2021 18:06 UTC