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Issue 326 | August, 2021
UTAH COUPLE: PARTNERS IN LIFE, RIVALS AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS Two Utah softball players who are engaged to be married will be competing in the Tokyo Olympics. Against each other.
Partners
Amanda Chidester and Alissa Urtez were engaged in November of last year. They also each qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Chidester on Team USA and Urtez on Team Mexico. While the couple trained together through the pandemic, they said it would be a different game once competing.
“Once we get with our teams and we get on that field, we are playing against each other,” Chidester told OutSports co-founder Cyd Zeigler. “Obviously, we support each other no matter what, but we are on our teams, and we want our teams to t=do the best that we can.” “We’ve had a bunch of conversations about it,” Chidester continued. “Whoever
medals, we are going to be happy for each other no matter what. It’s not going to be this bitter thing.” “As much as softball is a huge part of our life, it doesn’t define who we are and who we are in a relationship,” Urtez said. “But we also told each other that when we are on the field, we don’t know each other,” said Chidester. “It’s game on.” PHOTO: INSTAGRAM
