“You just can’t replicate all the changes of direction,” she said. “Hopefully in the next two weeks I’ll get on the field with team because we’ve had quite a tough run, especially in the month of October. “There’s times definitely where I think stress builds up or I kind of get a little too anxious, but I think that I’ve handled it quite well,” Morgan said in an interview with The Associated Press. A month after hoping to make her debut in the Women’s Super League, the 31-year-old forward is still trying to regain match fitness after giving birth in May to daughter Charlie Elena Carrasco. Life for Morgan is still a waiting game at Tottenham.
So, they’re still in Florida, but they have a pretty good life.” “It was such a spontaneous thing signing for Tottenham that I wasn’t able to get all the paperwork set up in time for them. “I’m pretty upset they aren’t here with me,” the American World Cup winner says of Kona and Blue, the dogs she rescued from an animal shelter. LONDON (AP) - A dog barks on a neighbor’s balcony as Alex Morgan hankers for what she’s missing in London. The Olympics start on 23 July, with up to 10,000 Japanese fans permitted at venues, while overseas fans are banned.Tottenham Hotspurs' Alex Morgan warms up ahead of the Women's FA Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at Meadow Park, London, Saturday, Sept. "It is important to note that entry into Japan is the responsibility of the Japanese government and the current situation of the pandemic requires a very significant reduction in the numbers of accredited participants who do not have essential and operational responsibilities." "It is great to see so many mothers compete at the highest level, including at the Olympic Games," added the IOC. It added that as the Olympic village is restricted to athletes and team officials, children must stay in separate, private accommodation.Īn International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesperson said the governing body was "pleased" organisers found a "special solution regarding the entry to Japan for mothers who are breastfeeding and their young children". In an earlier statement, Tokyo 2020 said: "After careful consideration of the unique situation facing athletes with nursing children, we are pleased to confirm that, when necessary, nursing children will be able to accompany athletes to Japan." It's too much to take on." Morgan said she was "still not sure what 'when necessary' even means" I would have to work out when to breastfeed, when to express, and how to keep what I had expressed at the right temperature. I have already made plans and to change those plans would be quite stressful. "For me personally it's not quite enough and it's too late.
"It's really good that they finally realised that it's a problem," she said. Her five-month-old daughter Emily will remain in the UK while she is competing in Japan.įolkard will leave enough frozen breastmilk to last for the two weeks she is away. Team GB archer Naomi Folkard welcomed the decision but said it had come too late for her to change her plans. Gaucher will now be able to bring her daughter with her to Tokyo, and said she was "so relieved I don't have to make this decision". "NOCs will be responsible for confirming to Tokyo 2020 that children who accompany athletes to Japan require nursing care." When asked for clarity around the issue on Thursday, Tokyo 2020 organisers told BBC Sport: "Children must be within nursing age. USA captain Megan Rapinoe backed her teammate, saying: "If a mother/father/parent says it's necessary, it's necessary." I have not been contacted about being able to bring my daughter with me to Japan and we leave in seven days." "We are Olympic mothers telling you, it is necessary. Olympic gold medallist Morgan, who has a one-year-old daughter, tweeted: "Still not sure what 'when necessary' even means. USA footballer Alex Morgan says she is still unsure over the new guidance. Organisers have banned athletes' families attending the Games due to Covid-19 safety protocols.
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