Mark Nageotte died in 2007 from a heart attack at age 45.
"He was my biggest supporter," she shared."In every sport, he would take me to practices or camps or clinics. He knew I was athletic, and he said, 'If you're going to do something, I want you to be really good at it.' He would pay extra for private lessons, things like that."Nageotte writes "papa" on the inner sole of her left shoe for competition in honor of her late dad.
I probably look like I have a nervous tick on the runway, but it's not random.""It's an indescribable feeling," Nageotte told NBC Sports after seeing her family back in Ohio celebrating her win in Tokyo."I'm so grateful I can also do this for them, because I know they wanted this for me."Kait Hanson is a contributing writer for TODAY.com. A graduate of Penn State University, she began her career in sports and happily wakes up at 6 a.m.
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