U.S. Olympic 800m runner Alysia Montaño will race several months into pregnancy at the U.S. Championships for the second time in four years.
The 2012 U.S. Olympian Montaño, due in November with her second child, will race in the first round of the 800m on Thursday (7:25 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Gold).
In 2014, Montaño made worldwide headlines for racing while eight months pregnant at nationals in Sacramento.
When Montaño announced her second pregnancy in April, she had no plans to compete at this year’s nationals, also in Sacramento. The outspoken runner changed her mind, her husband and manager, Louis, said Monday, confirming a Flotrack report.