Track and field legend Allyson Felix bid farewell to the track by winning a world-record 19th medal, bronze with the U.S. 4x400m relay at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday.
Felix, 36 years old including twenty years of career, has thirteen gold medals among his 19 world awards, plus eleven Olympic medals, including seven titles, to his exceptional record.
The United States were overtaken by the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands in the final, having set the fastest time in the heats in the morning.
For her last lap, Felix, launched in the lead in the position of second runner, was carried by an enthusiastic ovation from the public of Hayward Field but that was not enough to allow her to pass the baton in front.
After 19 years of career, American sprinter Allyson Felix will bow out
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“Immense gratitude for this sport”
"It's an evening that I will hold in my heart," she said.
It was very special to be able to race in front of the American public for my last race.
It was so cool.
My daughter was in the stands.
These are such good memories.
The World Championships have always been special to me.
I had many great moments there.
It was cool to end up at home, to hear that rumble from the crowd.
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"I know it's time," she continued, referring to the end of her successful career.
I am at peace with opening a new chapter and have immense gratitude for this sport.
A sprinting icon whose incomparable, ample and fluid stride has made her reputation, Felix took on yet another dimension in the latter part of her career, when after giving birth to her daughter Camryn at the end of 2018, she denounced Nike and the sports industry that devalued the contracts of pregnant sportswomen.
Even Google paid tribute to him
This episode “helped me to understand what was important and to realize that I could no longer remain silent.
I used to be so focused on my performance that it was scary for me to talk about other issues," she told the Washington Post in 2019. "She's done so much for the sport, and especially for women. , highlighting important issues.
She does things the right way, it's high class, the definition of integrity, ”said her compatriot Ryan Crouser, double Olympic champion and world record holder in the shot put.
🐐 Google tribute to Allyson Felix:
just type her name in the search bar to see words appear on your screen as well as a representation of her with her daughter.
This tribute celebrates the incredible career of Chicken Legs.
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"Someone to oppose such an undertaking - I'm not sure people appreciate the importance of Nike's influence in the United States - that a woman, a black woman, stands up against and speak up for what they think is right, it's something the younger generation should consider, "adds American sprinter Noah Lyles, 2019 world champion and 2021 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200m.
Evidence of his influence?
Even the Google search engine paid tribute to her on Friday with a short animation representing her running and climbing on a podium, her daughter in her arms, around the qualifiers "Olympian, mother, activist".
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