For the Tokyo Olympics this summer, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. Leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re highlighting 23 athletes in 23 days. Up next up is Allyson Felix.
Allyson Felix is a name that people can easily take for granted.
When the Olympics come around, she’s always a name you hear being brought up by the broadcast crew. She’s never been the most flashy name, she’s never been the most hyped.
But she’s always been there and, most importantly, she’s always dominated.
Felix is one of the most decorated track stars in U.S. history. She’s done nothing but when medals on the biggest stages. She absolutely dominated in the 2016 games in Rio with three total medals, and she’s looking to do the same in Tokyo while making a little bit of history.
At Olympic Trials in June, Felix qualified for her fifth Olympic Games by finishing second in the women’s 400-meter final with a time of 50.02 seconds. She won silver in the event in 2016. This time around, she failed to qualify for the 200-meter race — the individual event in which she won gold at the 2012 London Games and silvers in both the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Games.
Here’s what you need to know about one of Team USA’s best athletes.