Felix and Francena McCorory, who ran in the 4×400 heat for the USA yesterday, also competed on the 2012 Olympic relay team that won gold in London.
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Felix, long jump gold medallist Tianna Bartoletta, English Gardner and Tori Bowie, who won the 100m silver and 200m bronze in Rio, combined to clock 41.01sec, the second-fastest 4x100m relay time ever run, on Friday. Luckily, she was able to fit into an extra pair that Felix had with her.
Allyson Felix is targeting next year’s World Championships after bagging a record sixth Olympic gold as the USA defended their 4x400m crown in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
A review ensued, Chelimo was reinstated to his original silver medal and Lagat was dropped to fifth a bummer for the elder statesman of the USA track team, but some sort of sign for the team: Even when it lost, it won.
She’s not the only one covered in medals. Only Carl Lewis, with 10, has more overall medals among American track athletes.
It wasnt all flawless for the red, white and blue. The veteran already has two gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and eight world championship gold medals stretching as far back as 2005. According to USA Track and Field, Felix isn’t just passionate about running, she also loves the world of fashion and was able to attend both NY and London’s fashion weeks in 2012.
– The women’s high jump could prove lucrative, given that Chaunte Lowe is the favorite and teenager Vashti Cunningham is a rising force.
Bowie this summer became the first Southern Miss Olympian to receive a medal. There was also last year’s world championship, where a frightful baton exchange reared its head again.
Nobody panicked. A year later, success has become contagious. “You earned a gold medal in them”. “Just sitting around and waiting, it starts to overwhelm you. We just kept fighting the whole way through”.
The adversity made us even more determined.
Courtney Okolo has been watching in a lounge at the Olympic Village.
The entire pack ran a pedestrian pace for the first three laps and was tightly clustered, but then Centrowitz burst into the lead and unleashed a blistering 50.6-second last lap that no one else could match. The Americans advanced easily to the final.
Her medal collection will remain with her parents though.
Jamaica finished second in 41.36sec, handing double sprint gold medallist Elaine Thompson a third Olympic medal, with Britain taking bronze in a national record of 41.77. “I’ve been surrounded by so much success”. This race has gone to American teams six straight times. He actually finished sixth, but three runners ahead of him, including American Paul Chelimo, were disqualified for interference and Lagat briefly moved to third.
“It was the twilight zone”, Gatlin said. Canada was elevated to the bronze medal.
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It was the latest chapter in a series of mishaps for the Americans in the 4×100 relay at major championships. “It’s always something weird, stupid, simple, mistakes that always cost us and I don’t understand”.
