Sanya Richards-Ross, the five-time Olympic medalist, reveals in her new memoir that she had an abortion two weeks before the 2008 Beijing Games, where she won gold with her American teammates in the 4x400-meter relay.

Richards-Ross wrote in Chasing Grace that the decision would "forever be a part" of her life, but that the choice seemed clear at the time.

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