US track star Allyson Felix is competing at her fifth and final Olympics.
TOKYO: Allyson Felix will target a record 10th Olympic athletics medal in the women’s 400m, while Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands can complete the second leg of an unprecedented treble in Tokyo with gold in the 1500m final Friday.
The 35-year-old Felix, running in her fifth and final Olympics, is bidding to become the most decorated female track and field athlete in Games history.
She is currently level with Jamaican legend Merlene Ottey on nine Olympic medals, and took silver in the 400m five years ago in Rio.
“It was a fight to get here. When I was younger, I never really thought about making a final,” said Felix, who is also set to run in the 4x400m relay on Saturday.
“This time, you get older and it seems harder. You just have…
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