See the daughter of Randall Cunningham Vashti, who headed for the Olympic Games
The 23-year-old track and the starfish is driven by its famous father.
Before retiring in 2002,Randall Cunningham played in the NFL For 16 seasons and was better known for its years as the Quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles. Her daughterVashti CunninghamOn the other hand, is known to expel in a totally different sport. Vashti has just made titles to come first in his event at theOlympic trials of the trail and American fields, which means it will be directed to Tokyo in July. To learn more about the daughter of Randall Cunningham, his athletic career and the important role he plays, read on.
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Vashti has just qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Vashti won theHigh jump event During the Olympic Track and Field Trials in June. 20 years, which earned him a place representing the United States at the Olympic Games of 2021 Tokyo. The 23-year-old athlete did not beat his best personal record of a six-foot jump, seven and a half inches, but a six feet five feet jump was enough to highlight her competition.
"I did not quite skip the height I wanted, but I was just happy to pass through [and] to win my first test title"she saidUnited States today.
His father Randall was in the stands acclaimed him and not only as a fan. The star of the NFL is also his coach.
"The feeling is just incredible," said Vashti explained his father there. "I know that make him happy, makes me feel so well. I was blessed to have my family here and my father. I am happy [the trial] was Father's Day."
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This is not his first time on the USA team.
The high rider arrived in second place during the tests for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Then 18, Vashti became theYoung Olympian To compete with the United States in the runway and land since 1980. In Rio, she placed 13th in her event.
Vashti has accumulated many achievements before that, when she was still in high school. In 2015, she won her first gold medal at theJunior Track and Field Championships of the United States. She participated in her first World Athletics Championship this following year, first coming there too.
She is currently a student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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The training with his father is not always easy.
Randall has never been a professional track and a field athlete. While he participated inThe high jump in high schoolHe obviously chose to focus on his full-time football career. It does not matter, he was the trainer of Vashti throughout his career - a dynamic of an unusual father / daughter, they discussed duringA special special on Father's Day of CSB 2019.
"I have to learn to separate the coach's daughter," Randall of his double roles in his daughter's life. "Because sometimes I want to be nice with her, but I have to drop the hammer. Because there are days when there are specific things we have to do, and I want it perfectly."
Vashti added that working with his father came with some challenges.
"When I arrived at the professional level, and when I felt like I could have a say, so I feel like he needed to listen to me," she said. "But then I had to remember that it's my father too and my coach."
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The elder brother of Vashti is also a track and a field of land.
Randall and his wife of almost 30 years,Felicity Dejager, have three other children. (A fourth childdead in a tragic accident In 2010.) The eldest,Randall Cunningham II, was on the track and the field team at the University of Southern California. And as his sister, the 25-year-old was a high rider. Hisofficial bioNote that he has participated in many NCAA tournaments, winning the title of high outdoor jump in 2016 and the interior title in 2018. He competed in the 2016 trials, but Did not qualify For the Rio Olympics.
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