Running outside, Miller had a big lead coming off the last turn.
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Miller won gold and Felix took home silver, making her the most decorated USA woman in Olympic track and field. The next thing I was on the ground.
“I’m not disappointed in the medal that I received because anyone would love to have a bronze at an Olympic Games”, she said. She ended up beating Felix by 0.07 seconds. Felix finished second in 49.51.
Miller says didn’t plan one of the most dramatic images seen at the Rio Olympics.
Felix didn’t walk away empty-handed.
“It wasn’t my best race”, Felix, now the most decorated woman in American track and field history, said during a Tuesday appearance on the Today show.
“Disappointment”, the 30-year-old said as she struggled to hold back her tears.
She still took home bronze. She is in the relay pool for the 4x400m, an event she already has two Olympic gold medals in. “When I heard her screaming, I was like, ‘OK, I had to have won the race”. “I was like, ‘Oh, wow”.
Rudisha, the world champion and world record holder, hit top gear in the final 300 metres to become the first man since New Zealander Peter Snell in 1964 to successfully defend the Olympic 800m title.
This is a step in the right direction. “I’m a competitor and I went for it, so in this moment it’s painful”.
“My legs started to get a little heavy and I was telling myself that I wanted it so bad and I just did whatever it took.”
“It was just a reaction, I’ve never done it before”. Here I am now.
Felix too silver to claim the seventh Olympic medal of her career, with Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson finishing third.
Lake County has a gold medalist.
She won the 200 in London four years ago. That wasn’t a surprise, either.
Eight runners flashed past Potts, who finished ninth.
Murphy, though, was keeping the achievement in perspective.
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Here are the complete results from Monday’s track and field action in Rio.
