'I felt my body was still capable': Meet the moms hoping to shine at the Olympics
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With Team USA's Olympic trials around the corner, 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson has enlisted the help of a new assistant coach -- although not the kind you might expect.
Like other coaches, the new recruit will watch closely from the sidelines, shouting instructions as Harper-Nelson, a gold medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, undertakes sprints and speed drills; the only difference is that this coach also happens to be her one-year-old daughter, who hasn't entirely grasped what's going on. "Having her at the track is hilarious, tiresome and wonderful all in the same," Harper-Nelson tells CNN Sport.More Related News