Overview
- GQ Italia named the Olympic gold medalist and 2025 world champion its Athlete of the Year in a newly published profile.
- Egonu describes the daily isolation of training and competition, saying athletes must react quickly to problems without time to stop or grieve.
- She says the desire to become a mother conflicts with an elite career because pregnancy changes the body and recovery is uncertain, contrasting this with how fathers can return immediately.
- She has set a personal deadline for deciding on children and says she wants the courage to retire at the right moment, though no decisions are made.
- She adds that trust from teammates and a driven, near-obsessive mindset fuel her edge, crediting coach Julio Velasco with helping her accept mistakes.