Allyson Felix caps track career with 30th medal, bronze in world champs mixed relay

Allyson Felix capped her career with a 30th global outdoor championships medal, bronze in the mixed-gender 4x400m relay at the world championships on Friday in Eugene, Oregon.

Felix, a 36-year-old who will retire after this season, contested what was expected to be her one and only race of worlds on the opening night of the 10-day meet.

The U.S., with Elija Godwin, Felix, Vernon Norwood and Kennedy Simon, finished behind the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands. Simon was given the lead on anchor and was passed on the final straight. The U.S. did not enter its best 400m runners in the event.

In her last major meet, Felix did not qualify to race an individual event and is not expected to be on the women’s 4x400m next weekend.

So she finishes her career with a U.S. track and field record 11 Olympic medals and now 19 world outdoor championships medals, extending her record in the latter for the most by any athlete from any nation. Of those 30 medals, 20 are gold, also a record for the most combined Olympic and world titles in the sport.

Felix made her world championships debut in 2003, just after high school graduation, and went 18 years between her first and last global championships medals.

Worlds continue Saturday, headlined by the men’s 100m semifinals and final where a U.S. medals sweep is possible.

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In 100m qualifying on Friday, American Fred Kerley clocked 9.79 seconds, the fastest-ever first-round time at an Olympics or world championships and a time that would have won the Tokyo Olympic title. Only one man has run faster than that this year — Kerley, the Olympic silver medalist.

Kerley is joined in the 100m semifinals by all of the other medal