Paranoia
All of the attention that Allison was getting really began to affect her psychologically. In fact, she said that she actually found all of the eyeballing (or any longing look) “creepy and a little scary”. Additionally, because of all the intense attention, Allison even was careful to lock doors behind and double check they were in fact locked.
Paranoia
The Battle Ahead
It became clear to Allison that she had a long battle ahead. Slowly it dawned on her that not everyone was going to focus on her athleticism, but rather that her looks would continue to overshadow her success. As a result, the name Allison Stokke was searched on online platforms over one million times. And unfortunately, more websites continued to report on just her appearance and not her skill as a pole vaulter.
The Battle Ahead
