Susan Francia is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, part of the successful USA women’s eight rowing crews at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Her mother, Katalin Karikó, was there for each of Francia’s accomplishments. She took pictures and yelled for her daughter as any proud mother would.
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Olympic rowing champion Susan Francia and her Nobel Prize-winning scientist mother Katalin Karikó on perseverance and supporting each other

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When Susan Francia won Olympic gold in rowing at Beijing 2008 for Team USA and repeated the feat London 2012, her mother, the biochemist Katalin Kariko, was cheering for her. Now, Dr. Kariko has won the Nobel Prize in medicine. Alongside her colleague Drew Weissman, both led to the development of Covid-19 vaccines. Mother and daughter open up in an exclusive interview, just before Kariko collects the most important prize in the industry: "We are happy for each other's success."

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"We flipped the script" - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Katalin Karikó and Olympic champion daughter Susan Francia on being best in the world

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Olympic rowing champion Susan Francia and her Nobel Prize-winning scientist mother Katalin Karikó on perseverance and supporting each other

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