Country’s first black female professional triathlete, Virginia’s Sika Henry from Newport News, retires from professional triathlon

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — When you’ve already reached the mountain top, where else is there left to climb? It’s a question Sika Henry asks herself every day.

“Gains are far and few between, it wears on you,” said Henry.

Three years ago, Henry stood atop the sports world after taking it by storm, becoming the first African American female professional triathlete in the entire country. Soon after local media coverage shared her story, national outlets ESPN and the New York Times Sports section picked up her story…

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