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It’s less than an hour before the 400-meter semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field in Eugene, Oregon, and Kendall Ellis is in deep sh*t.
Literally.
Ellis found herself stuck in a porta-potty in the athlete area behind Hayward Field. For real. A brief moment of panic ensued when, as much as she jiggled the interior door latch, she couldn’t get out. It took a lot of banging and screaming until someone heard her and finally helped get her out. That unsavory situation would have rattled most. But Ellis, a two-time Olympic medalist—including gold in the women’s 4×400-meter relay in Tokyo—kept her cool. Once out on the track, she won her semi-final heat in a speedy 49.81 seconds, her first personal best time in six years.
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