Legendary American Athlete Allyson Felix Ends Career With 11 Olympic Medals

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Olympian Allyson Felix celebrating a past win.
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Legendary American athlete, Allyson Felix, has ended her long and successful career in field and track events after winning a bronze medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, US.

Allyson, who is the most decorated US Olympic track and field athlete in history, added her medal tally to 19 after bagging bronze in the 4x400m mixed relay. 

In her long sports career, she collected 11 Olympic medals and 19 world championships medals. 

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Allyson has the most world championships medals of any track and field athlete in history and is the most decorated female athlete ever.

The 36-year-old, after the race, expressed her joy adding that in her career, she has represented her country and women in the best possible way. 

She began her track career as a teenager in Los Angeles and has come to be one of the top stars in the sport. 

“To be able to come here in front of a home crowd, it’s something I’ve always wanted. To be able to have that, obviously not in the prime of my career, to finish here tonight, to have my daughter in the stands, to share that moment meant a lot.

“The last couple years I’ve stepped outside of just the clock and the medals, I never would have imagined that would have been a place that I’d come to, but I have. 

“I think it’s been about being a representation for women, mothers I really felt that, all over tonight, I felt the love. I felt joy running tonight,” she noted. 

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