Kendall Ellis, who recently scored a sponsorship deal with Charmin, pictured after winning the women's 400-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials in June.
American Olympic runner Kendall Ellis, who got stuck in a porta-potty before her final at the U.S. track trials in June, has signed a sponsorship deal with toilet paper maker Charmin. She'll also compete in the women's 400-metre race in Paris next week.
Help finally arrived and Ellis was freed from her porta-potty prison. She went on to win the semifinal, then the final, securing the trip to the Olympics that went with it."It was just the perfect fit," Ellis said.Before we pooh-pooh all this product placement, let's at least pay heed to the reality of what it takes for someone like Ellis to make a living running track.
Before the porta-potty, Ellis's best hope to make the U.S. team came on the strength of her long history as a steady relay performer. She helped the women's 4x400 team to gold and mixed relay team to bronze in Tokyo three years ago.However it goes, she'll have the sponsorship deal to fall back on. It's quite the comeback after she nearly saw her Olympic dreams vanish."It was terrifying," Ellis said, of being stuck in the porta-potty. "I don't like small spaces.
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