Pictured is U.S. track and field star and Olympic medalist Allyson FelixClevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
TOKYO, Japan-Allyson Felix, a Black U.S. track and field star competing in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, has won her second consecutive Olympic medal in the women's 400-meter at 35-years-old, finishing with a time of 49.46 seconds and winning the bronze metal on Friday.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas won the gold with a personal-best time of 48.36 seconds. Marileidy Paulino took the silver with a time of 49.20 seconds. though Felix finished within 0.5 seconds.
A Los Angeles native who now resides in Santa Clarita, California, Felix has garnered 10 track medals over the years via five Olympic games, matching Carl Lewis' U.S/ record. She is the most decorated female track and field star of all time, a distinction she held before the Tokyo Olympics.
From 2003 to 2013, Felix specialized in the 200 meter sprint and gradually shifted to the 400 meter sprint later in her career. Her racing repertoire also spans the 100 meters, 4x100 meter relay, and 4x400 meter relay.[2] At 200 meters, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2005–2009), and two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004 and 2008). At 400 meters, she is the 2015 world champion, 2011 world silver medalist, 2016 Olympic silver medalist, 2017 world bronze medalist and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist.
Felix has won five additional Olympic gold medals as a member of the United States' women's relay teams: three at 4 × 400 meters (2008–2016), and two at 4 x 100 meters (2012 and 2016). The 2012 U.S. Olympic 4 x 100 meters team also set the women's 4x100 meters world-record that still stands. Felix is the only female track and field athlete to ever win six Olympic gold medals,[3] and is the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history, with a total of ten Olympic medals. Felix is also the most decorated athlete, male or female, in World Athletics Championships history with 18 career medals, and also has the most gold medals at 13.
Felix's 200 meters best of 21.69 secs from 2012 ranks her seventh on the all-time list. In 2013, she broke the world best for the rarely contested 150 meters distance, running 16.36 secs. In the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships, she ran the fastest split ever recorded by an American woman, and third fastest split ever after Jarmila Kratochvilova and Marita Koch, with 47.72. Felix is also a four time Diamond League winner. She is a participant in the US Anti-Doping Agency's "Project Believe" program. She is coached by Bobby Kersee.
Allyson Felix is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020
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