Allyson Felix just won her 10th Olympic medal. Before the win, she was tied with Jamaican track athlete Marlene Ottey as the most decorated female track athlete in the Olympics.
Felix’s latest win ties her with fellow U.S. Olympian Carl Lewis as the most decorated American track athlete. It also now makes her the most decorated female Olympic track and field athlete in history. Felix currently holds six gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal. She also has 18 world championship medals in track and field – including 13 first-place wins.
The 35-year-old Olympian from California won third at the women’s 400-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics Friday. She had a time of 49.46 seconds with the winner, Bahamas athlete Shaunae Miller-Uibo, having a time of 48.36 seconds.
“It’s my first bronze medal and it’s just, oh man, it’s hard to describe because I feel like all the other ones I was really just so focused on the performance and this one it just is so much bigger than that,” Felix said after placing third at the event.
This year’s Olympic Games is Felix’s fifth time to join. She qualified to be part of the U.S. Olympic team in June after placing second at the U.S. trials. Felix joined her first Olympic Games when she was 18-year-old, shortly after turning pro out of high school.
Felix won a silver medal under the NCAA program at the 2018 Olympics. She also became a mother in the same year. Her pregnancy was difficult as doctors found that she had severe preeclampsia, resulting in an emergency C-section at 32 weeks. Felix went into this year’s Olympics as a new CEO and an advocate for women, mothers, and maternal health.
