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Five-months pregnant athlete runs 8oom race

Alysia Montanaafter after finishing an 800m race during the recent USA Track and Field Championships. PHOTO | COURTESY

An American runner stunned the world after finishing an 800m race during the recent USA Track and Field Championships.

The 31-year-old athlete Alysia Montana, remarkably ran the two laps much to the delight of the crowd.

She finished more than 19 seconds behind the winner on Thursday in extreme heat, recording a time of 2 minutes, 21.40 seconds.

Montano, whose child is due in November, seemed to cherish the occasion as she was pictured finishing the race at the Hornet Stadium with a huge grin on her face while wearing a Wonder Woman top and a trademark flower in her hair.

However, this isn’t the first time she has done the extraordinary and competed while carrying a child.

Back in 2014, Montano ran in exactly the same race at the same championships while she was 34 weeks pregnant (eight months), finishing nearly 11 seconds slower.