That was what I was thinking after that race in 2012,” former Olympic and Team USA 400m hurdler Lashinda Demus tells ESSENCE. “I rarely lost races at that time, and it was that race that I lost.

Lashinda Demus of the United States poses with her London 2012 Olympic gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles during the Olympic medal reallocation ceremony, in Paris, France, Friday, Aug 9 ...

PARIS -- Lashinda Demus always knew she was an Olympic gold medalist. When she won a silver at the 2012 London Olympics in the 400-meter hurdles, she had a hard time accepting defeat. Demus ...

Demus was a trailblazer for champion sprint moms — such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Allyson Felix — and also for American gold medalists in the women’s 400m hurdles. Demus is the first American to ...

PARIS — Lashinda Demus made her way down an elevated runway through the middle of Champions Park at the foot of the Trocadero, the Eiffel Tower just across the River Seine and a gold medal ahead ...