Meet the fastest toddler on the block

Melissa Bishop-Nriagu and daughter Corinne are placing an emphasis on getting outside everyday. As they adjust to their new normal, Corinne has been spending lots of time with her mom, and in the process she has learned a new phrase: “On your mark, get set, go.”

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After Bishop-Nriagu says go, her daughter will respond, “Go!” and then start her solo race. Bishop-Nriagu joked on Instagram that Corinne has taken up running. Whether she’ll be a Canadian record-holder one day like her mother remains to be seen, but for now, she’s just enjoying emulating her mom.

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Bishop-Nriagu has been in this sport a long time. She competed at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, had her first child in 2018 and was gearing up to hopefully qualify for her third team in 2020. But she too is happy to wait until 2021.

“I really believe I would have been ready come this summer,” she says. “But this is only my second year back from pregnancy, and this extra time is only going to benefit me.”

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Bishop-Nriagu says she has no plans to retire any time soon and even feels like her pregnancy gave her a needed emotional and physical break from elite running, which might have even lengthened her career.

“We’re just going to keep going. As long as I’m running fast and loving it, we’ll keep going. Pregnancy was a little break. I got to step away from the sport but I didn’t have to compete, deal with the nerves, deal with the stress of competing.”

Now that the runner is back, she says she’s happy to be here. “Pregnancy was a reset, but once I was ready to come back, I was all in again.”