Speaking with PEOPLE, Felix, 35, raved about her 2½-year-old daughter Cammy, whom she shares with husband Kenneth Ferguson.
“I think I’m just mom to Cammy. At the end of the day, I’m somebody who cleans up the house and who makes sure that she has everything she needs,” the mom of one joked about her toddler, who was asleep in Los Angeles and was unable to stay up to watch most of her mom’s Tokyo competitions.
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“It has just given me a whole new perspective. I credit that so much to this experience, and my daughter and for her really helping me to find my voice,” Felix said.
Cammy was able to first witness her mom in action at the Olympic trials in June. “That was the first time, at a competition, where there were other people. Because she had come to some during COVID, but no one was there. For her to be there, I think it’s like the biggest park in the world for her to run around in,” Felix proudly recalled.
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“She was down on the track and she was with my friends' kids doing all of the things and living her best life. She has a really fun time, whenever she gets to come because she’s been at the track with me training and she’s been in the environment so much, I think naturally it’s just rubbing off on her a bit,” the athlete shared.
“So we’ll see what she decides to do. I would love for her to go down a different path or a different sport. But, of course, I’ll support her whatever she decides,” Felix said of whether her daughter will follow in her footsteps one day.
“I think we have those desires, just because we’ve been in this sport for so long and we know how hard it is. We want the best for our children. Sometimes you hope they’ll take a different route, but then it’s like sometimes it feels inevitable,” she noted.
As she transitions from track star to entrepreneur, Felix said she will always remind herself of why she does the things she puts her heart and soul into.
“My why is definitely my daughter,” she emphasized.
source: people.com
