Instead of a feeling of joy when she learned the news, however, Richards-Ross immediately began to worry. “Everything I ever wanted seemed to be within reach,” she writes in her new book “Chasing Grace” (via Essence). In that latter race, Richards-Ross led for 300 metres before falling behind two runners in the final 100 metres. “I made a decision that broke me, and one from which I would not immediately heal,” she writes in her book. “When I found out I was pregnant before the Olympics, it was the toughest time of my life.

Source: National Post June 07, 2017 16:52 UTC