{"id":21951,"date":"2021-08-06T17:31:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21951"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T22:31:43","slug":"allyson-felix-cements-spot-in-olympics-history-at-the-tokyo-games-olympics-athletics-simply-amazing-felix-claims-record-10th-medal-maybe-one-more-on-saturday-we-say-yes-we-say-allyson-will-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21951","title":{"rendered":"Allyson Felix cements spot in Olympics history at the Tokyo Games, Olympics-Athletics-Simply ‘amazing’ Felix claims record 10th medal. MAYBE ONE MORE ON SATURDAY? WE SAY YES, WE SAY ALLYSON WILL HAVE 11 MEDALS, BREAKS THE GREAT CARL LEWIS RECORD."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tokyo Olympics are winding down \u2013 literally just a couple days left in Japan<\/a> \u2013 but the competition is far from over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For starters, Allyson Felix is still the amazing athlete she was before she became a mother. Felix won bronze in the 400-meters<\/a>, becoming the most-decorated female track and field athlete with 10 career medals. There really is no slowing her down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Olympics-Athletics-Simply ‘amazing’ Felix claims record 10th medal<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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\"Allyson <\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>She may have one more race to go but American Allyson Felix has already clinched an Olympic sendoff worthy of her astonishing career.<\/strong>She won a record 10th Olympic medal on Friday after finishing third in the 400 metres, becoming the most decorated woman in track and field history as she surpassed Merlene Ottey in the all-time Olympic medal table in her final individual Olympic race.<\/strong>“I\u2019ve just tried to be more vulnerable and be more transparent this time around,” the 35-year-old Felix said after the race. “Being an older athlete I think that\u2019s something we don\u2019t see as much. So I have been sharing some of my own struggles.<\/strong>“I think a lot of times I tied my work to what happens at these championships and I didn\u2019t want to do that this time around.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Widely expected to contend in Saturday’s 4x400m relay final, Felix would break Carl Lewis’ American medal record if she reaches the podium yet again at her fifth and final Games, a prospect Lewis appeared to welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Congratulations @allysonfelix,” the retired track and field icon wrote on Twitter. “35 never looked so good. What an amazing career and inspiration. Now on to the relay.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas claimed the top of the podium, winning the 400m in 48.36 seconds to retain her Olympic title, but Felix’s achievement perhaps stole the show as she finished in 49.46, her fastest time in the event since 2015.<\/strong>She is only the third track and field athlete to win a medal at five different Games, after starting her Olympic career as a teenager, winning silver in the 200m at Athens 2004.<\/strong>“We can talk about the 10 Olympic medals but I\u2019d rather talk about how this woman has inspired so many people to bet on themselves,” Carmelita Jeter, her team mate on their 2012 gold medal winning 4×100 metre relay team, wrote on Twitter.<\/strong>“She said I\u2019m great and I know it let me show you.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tianna Bartoletta, her team mate on both the 2012 and 2016 relay teams, added to the praise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I woke up early to witness this. From being afraid of her in high school, to lining up next to her in the Olympics, to running with her on our 4×1 relays,” she wrote on Twitter. “I\u2019m now simply in awe of her. Amazing.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

With six Olympic gold medals and 13 world titles to her name, Felix’s resilience extends far beyond the track: she gave birth to her daughter, Camryn, via an emergency C-section in 2018 after medical complications required the baby to be born at 32 weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said the “biggest thing” for her this year was not winning more medals but making the comeback at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Sometimes it sounds like a cliche, but it honestly is more than just me running out there,” said Felix.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Earlier today I looked through some of the videos again of things that we had taped when I was in hospital with Cammie, and on the comeback trail – those really, really hard moments – and that\u2019s what I tried to tap into.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allyson Felix<\/h1>\n
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Allyson Felix<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/caption>\n
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Felix at the 2016 Rio Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Full\u00a0name<\/strong><\/th>\nAllyson Michelle Felix<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/strong><\/th>\nAmerican<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born<\/strong><\/th>\nNovember 18, 1985 (age\u00a035)<\/span><\/strong>
\nLos Angeles<\/a>, California<\/a>, United States<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home\u00a0town<\/strong><\/th>\nSanta Clarita, California<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/strong><\/th>\nUniversity of Southern California<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height<\/strong><\/th>\n5\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in (168\u00a0cm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/strong><\/th>\nUnited States<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport<\/strong><\/th>\nTrack and field<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\nSprint<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • 100 m: 10.89 s (London 2012)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 150 m: 16.36 s (Manchester 2013)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 200 m: 21.69 s (Eugene 2012)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 400 m: 49.26 s (Beijing 2015)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Allyson Michelle Felix OLY<\/a><\/span> (born November 18, 1985)<\/sup> is an American track and field<\/a> sprinter<\/a>. From 2003 to 2013, Felix specialized in the 200 meter sprint<\/a> and gradually shifted to the 400 meter sprint<\/a> later in her career. Her racing repertoire also spans the 100 meters<\/a>, 4×100 meter relay<\/a>, and 4×400 meter relay<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> At 200 meters, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2005\u20132009), 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Felix has won five additional Olympic gold medals as a member of the United States’ women’s relay teams: three at 4 \u00d7 400 meters<\/a> (2008\u20132016), and two at 4 x 100 meters<\/a> (2012 and 2016). The 2012 U.S. Olympic 4 x 100 meters team also set the women’s 4×100 meters world-record<\/a> that still stands. Felix is the only female track and field athlete to ever win six Olympic gold medals,<\/sup> 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<\/a> history with 18 career medals, and also has the most gold medals at 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 \u00d7 400 metres relay<\/a> at the 2015 World Championships, she ran the fastest split ever recorded by an American woman, and third fastest split ever after Jarmila Kratochvilova<\/a> and Marita Koch<\/a>, with 47.72. Felix is also a four time Diamond League<\/a> winner. She is a participant in the US Anti-Doping Agency<\/a>‘s “Project Believe” program.[5]<\/a><\/sup> She is coached by Bobby Kersee<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allyson Felix is included in Time<\/i> magazine’s 100<\/a> Most Influential People of 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n

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Early life and family<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Allyson Felix was born on November 18, 1985, in Los Angeles, California. <\/sup> She is the daughter of Paul, an ordained minister and professor of New Testament at The Master’s Seminary<\/a> in Sun Valley<\/a>, California, and Marlean, an elementary school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary. Her older brother Wes Felix<\/a> is also a sprinter. He runs the 200 m, was the USA Junior Champion in 2002 and the Pac-10<\/a> champion in 2003 and 2004 while running for USC<\/a>. Wes now acts as the agent for his sister. Felix describes her running ability as a gift from God, “For me, my faith is the reason I run. I definitely feel I have this amazing gift that God has blessed me with, and it’s all about using it to the best of my ability.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

High school<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Allyson Felix attended Los Angeles Baptist High School<\/a> in North Hills<\/a>, California, where she was nicknamed “Chicken Legs” by her teammates, because the five-foot-six, 125-pound sprinter’s body had skinny legs despite her strength. Her slightness was seemingly at odds with her speed on the track and strength in the gym as while still in high school, she deadlifted<\/a> at least 270 pounds.<\/sup> Felix credits much of her early success to her high school sprint coach, Jonathan Patton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Felix began to discover her athletic talents after she tried out for track in the ninth grade. Just ten weeks after that first tryout, she finished seventh in the 200 m at the CIF California State Meet<\/a>. In the coming seasons, she became a five-time winner at the meet.<\/sup> In 2001, at the Debrecan World Youth Championships, Felix achieved her first international title in the 100 meters. In 2003, she was named the national girls’ “High School Athlete of the Year” by Track and Field News<\/a><\/i>.\u00a0 As a senior, Felix finished second in the 200 m at the US Indoor Track & Field Championships. A few months later, in front of 50,000 fans in Mexico City, she ran 22.11 seconds, the fastest in history for a high school girl (though it could not count as a world junior record because there was no drug testing at the meet).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Felix graduated in 2003, making headlines by forgoing college eligibility to sign a professional contract with Adidas<\/a>. Adidas paid her an undisclosed sum and picked up her college tuition at the University of Southern California<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/sup> She has since graduated with a degree in elementary education.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achievements<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Felix celebrating her victory in Osaka<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Allyson Felix is a five-time recipient of the Jesse Owens Award<\/a> (after 2013, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award) from USATF<\/a>, signifying the Athlete of the Year. She won the award for the first time in 2005, and then again in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015.[49]<\/a><\/sup>[50]<\/a><\/sup>[51]<\/a><\/sup> She has received this award more times than any other person.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personal bests<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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60\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n7.10<\/strong><\/td>\nFayetteville, Arkansas<\/a>, United States<\/strong><\/td>\nFebruary 12, 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n10.89<\/strong><\/td>\nLondon<\/a>, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 4, 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n16.28<\/strong><\/td>\nOsaka<\/a>, Japan<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 31, 2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n21.69<\/strong><\/td>\nEugene<\/a>, United States<\/strong><\/td>\nJune 30, 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n36.33<\/strong><\/td>\nFayetteville, Arkansas, United States<\/strong><\/td>\nFebruary 9, 2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400\u00a0meters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n49.26<\/strong><\/td>\nBeijing, China<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 27, 2015[52]<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n