LAS VEGAS – As Nickeil Alexander-Walker was about to leave home for several weeks to begin Olympic preparations with Team Canada, his newborn son was sleeping.
Alexander-Walker wanted a few final moments with him, so he woke him up to spend one last bit of quality time before catching a flight.
"It's tough. I didn't want to leave," Alexander-Walker said. "... I woke him up, just because I wanted to see him and be with him and give him a kiss. It's tough right now, because they're growing so fast and everything he does is new. I feel like I'm missing everything.