adminNEW YORK – Allyson Felix overcame the odds to make it to the Tokyo Olympics. Once there, she sprinted into the record books as the greatest of all time.
Felix added a bronze and gold medals in back-to-back races to her already vast collection during her fifth appearance at the recent Olympics in Japan.
She earned her 11th medal during her last competition—gold for the US women’s 4×400 metre relay team—and stood at the podium as the most decorated US track and field athlete, surpassing even the illustrious Carl Lewis who has 10.
“I stumbled into track and field as a teenager and never had aspirations to go to the Olympics or anything,” Felix tells theGrio.
“To be at this point in my career, it’s even a bit overwhelming for me. So, to be mentioned with just some of the greats is just really amazing and I just feel super honoured.”
Felix made her Olympics debut in 2004 during the Athens games at the tender age of 18. She won the first of her medals there — a silver in the 200 meters.
Gold was draped around her neck for the first time during the Beijing Olympics in 2008, setting course a career that would see her compete in London and Rio as a marquee runner that culminated in her record-breaking performance in Tokyo.
All she’s done is win and dominate for so long. Felix, 35, is “at peace” with all that she’s accomplished.
“I’m so grateful,” Felix maintains.–the Grio.com
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