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Glimmering in Gold
August 15, 2017 | Track & Field, USC Ripsit Blog, Features
This weekend, USC alum Allyson Felix added to her long list of accomplishments, becoming the most decorated track & field athlete to ever compete at the World Championships.
Felix, who did not compete at USC but earned a degree in elementary education, earned the 14th, 15th and 16th medals of her career at the World Athletics Championships in London.
Felix, 31, opened up the event by earning a bronze medal in the 400m. Then, she earned a gold with the U.S.A. 4x100 team, breaking a tie with Usain Bolt and Merlene Ottey for the most all-time World Championship medals by a track & field athlete, male or female.
Watch her record-setting 4x100 race here!
Felix put an exclamation point on the event by winning one more gold in the 4x400 relay. She now boasts 16 overall medals (most all-time) and 11 gold medals (tied with Bolt for the most all-time) in addition to nine Olympic track & field medals (tied with Ottey for most by any female athlete) and six Olympic track & field golds (most all-time by a female athlete).
Felix, who did not compete at USC but earned a degree in elementary education, earned the 14th, 15th and 16th medals of her career at the World Athletics Championships in London.
Felix, 31, opened up the event by earning a bronze medal in the 400m. Then, she earned a gold with the U.S.A. 4x100 team, breaking a tie with Usain Bolt and Merlene Ottey for the most all-time World Championship medals by a track & field athlete, male or female.
Watch her record-setting 4x100 race here!
Felix put an exclamation point on the event by winning one more gold in the 4x400 relay. She now boasts 16 overall medals (most all-time) and 11 gold medals (tied with Bolt for the most all-time) in addition to nine Olympic track & field medals (tied with Ottey for most by any female athlete) and six Olympic track & field golds (most all-time by a female athlete).
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