Heptathlete Lindsay Flach Competed in U.S. Olympic Trials While Pregnant

Lindsay Flach announced on Instagram Saturday that she competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the heptathlon while 18 weeks pregnant.

“It was hard mentally because I knew I wasn’t going to be able to compete at the level I was capable of 18 weeks ago, but I just wanted to prove what women are capable of,” she told Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo Sports on Monday. “To end one chapter and begin another on my terms was amazing.”

Flach said that she found out about her pregnancy in March and asked her doctor if it would be safe to continue training. She received the doctor's blessing to do so with moderation, under the condition that she would avoid big falls and pay attention to warning signs her body…