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Nathan Adriancouldn’t help but worry about his wife Hallie’s health while she was pregnant during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve always been a germophobe. I wore a mask on a plane before all this, so for me, having a wife pregnant through it all was absolutely terrifying,” says Adrian.
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The athlete also looks back on his own childhood now that he’s a father, explaining that he has a newfound appreciation for his parents.
“My parents win a team-effort award. They took turns driving me to early-morning and evening practices, and when I got home there would always be a home-cooked meal on the table,” he says. “It had to be stressful for them to watch their kid go through training, Olympic Trials, three Olympics so far, and all these ups and downs of my life.”
Adds Adrian, “I look at Parker and hope she doesn’t put me through what I put my parents through!”
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“I do feel blessed that I found a passion at a young age, for the sport of swimming,” he said. “That’s gonna be what I put an emphasis on as a father: find what she gravitates towards. Maybe she’s gonna be a little bit more of a creative person. Swimming isn’t necessarily catering to that, maybe it’s some other sport or some other outlet. I think, for me, the marker for success would be finding and facilitating that thing that she’s super passionate about.”
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