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If her recent performances are any indication, Marie Josée Ta Lou does indeed love what she is doing! In fact, she proved that at the women's 100 meters field at the Oslo #diamondleague #trackandfield!

But before that, let’s talk about how #MarieJoséeTaLou came to love the track. Many probably didn’t know that her first love in sports wasn’t track and field. In fact, Ta Lou’s sporting career began on the football pitch while schooling in her home capital, Abidjan.

She was even spotted by a local women’s team who tried to draft her, but her brother wouldn't let her sister play a ‘boyish’ sport. Born and raised in the Ivory Coast, Marie had her mind set to become a football player until her brother suggested she try athletics, track and field in particular.

"My older brother did not want me to carry on with football, fearing that I would become a tomboy," Ta Lou told World Athletics. Her brother was convinced that her sister could make it on track, as she was constantly out sprinting her male teammates on the football pitch.

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