After publicly criticizing Nike’s pregnancy policy, Olympian Alysia Montaño has now closed a new athletic deal. The 33-year-old runner, who is five months pregnant with her third child, has signed a contract with a New Zealand-based athletic brand, Cadenshae.

In May, Montaño penned a New York Times op-ed in which she shone a light on how Nike and other athletic wear companies contract female athletes, claiming women are paid less if they can’t compete for health reasons, including pregnancy and maternity leave.

Montaño walked away from two athletic contracts that she considered unfair. One with Nike in 2013 and one with Asics in 2016. She said she faced major pay cuts during and after pregnancies with her two older children, daughter Linnea, 5, and son Aster, 2. Other athletes, including Kara Goucher and Allyson Felix, have joined Montaño in censuring Nike’s maternity policy.

“Cadenshae’s sponsorship finally allows me to focus on being a mother and not be penalized for it; this is the way it should be for all women,” Montaño said. “This partnership gives me the resources I need to speak up and hopefully make a change for the next generation.”

Montaño, who has taken a break from running, will return “when the time is right.” She says that she no longer has a sponsor that pressures her into performing for the sake of the brand.

Felix, a sprinter with nine Olympic medals, is the “most decorated woman track and field star in U.S. Olympic history,” according to ESPN. She has starred in several advertising campaigns for Nike but says that after deciding to become a mother in 2018, the company turned its back on her.

After giving birth to her daughter Camryn in 2018, Nike offered her a contract with a 70% pay cut, alleging she might not run as much or as fast while recovering from her pregnancy. She asked for protection as a mother, requesting that Nike “contractually guarantee that I wouldn’t be punished if I didn’t perform at my best in the months surrounding childbirth.”

This year, she published an op-ed piece in the New York Times, which along with Montaño’s piece and additional criticism from other females athletes, resulted in Nike pledging to revise its contracts to protect women during pregnancy.

On August 12, Nike sent out an email signed by John Slusher, Executive Vice President of Global Sports Marketing for Nike, that announced the inclusion of a maternal protection clause in its contract with athletes. The clause reads, “If ATHLETE becomes pregnant, NIKE may not apply any performance-related reductions (if any) for a consecutive period of 18 months, beginning eight months prior to ATHLETE’S due date. During such period NIKE may not apply any right of termination (if any) as a result of ATHLETE not competing due to pregnancy.”

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In response, Felix wrote, “Our voices have power. NIKE has joined in officially and contractually providing maternal protection to the female athletes they sponsor. This means that female athletes will no longer be financially penalized for having a child.”