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American Felix and Australia's Fox elected to IOC athletes' commission
PARIS : Allyson Felix, the United States' most decorated track and field athlete at the Olympics, and Australia's Jessica Fox, a double canoe gold medallist at the Paris Games, were among four people elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the body said on Thursday.
U.S. women disqualified from 4x400m relay after baton fail - ESPN
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The American women's 4x400 relay team was disqualified from the preliminary round at the world championships Saturday after its third and fourth runners in the four-lap race bungled the baton exchange.
Richardson and Jackson on course for 200m showdown
BUDAPEST : American Sha'Carri Richardson and Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, first and second in the 100 metres final on Monday, safely negotiated the next step in their World Championship rivalry as they cruised through their 200m first-round heats on Wednesday.
In Bobby we trust: 'Formula Kersee' poised for strong 2023
NEW YORK : Coach Bobby Kersee may have lost his biggest star when Allyson Felix hung up her spikes but his influence shows no sign of diminishing with another generation of the pack known as "Formula Kersee" stamping out their territory.
IOC launches 'Let's Move' initiative to mark Olympic Day as build-up to Paris 2024 Games continues
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is launching 'Let’s Move', a major initiative to get the world ‘moving’ and improve lives, with the help of global sporting superstars including David Beckham, Pau Gasol and the most decorated female track and field athlete in Olympic history, Allyson Felix. On Olympic Day, Friday 23 June, the IOC’s Let’s Move initiative will be launched across the globe.
Allyson Felix hopes team-mate Tori Bowie's death 'not in vain' as she cites healthcare failures for black women
Olympian Tori Bowie’s team-mate Allyson Felix has called for improved maternity healthcare for black women to make sure that Bowie’s death is “not in vain”. American athlete Bowie died in May aged 32 after complications during childbirth, and three of the four American Olympians in the Rio 2016 4x100m relay team have died or come close to death during childbirth. Ad Writing in Time magazine, Felix recalled that she gave birth in 2018, also aged 32, and was «unsure if she was going to make it» due to pre-eclampsia.