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These athletes balancing motherhood and Olympic dreams

By Amy Rosewater
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, May 10, 2008

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the Games were unofficially declared the Olympics of the Woman. The United States women's basketball, softball and gymnastics teams all garnered gold, and it seemed the generation that derived much from Title IX had reached its pinnacle. But some of those women didn't stop there. Some are still competing today. And many of those athletes now find themselves in a new role -- as Olympic moms. According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, nearly 20 women who have eithe ...

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