American track legend Allyson Felix bows out with bronze in relay at World Athletics Championships in Oregon

Allyson Felix has brought the curtain down on a legendary career with a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. For a moment, it seemed as though Felix would get the dream send-off, sprinting off ahead of the pack before Dominican Republic runner Marileidy Paulino and the Netherlands' Femke Bol overcame her.

Ad/> With Felix having already ruled out running at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, yesterday's run in Oregon was effectively her final race at the highest level. World Championships‘Absolutely devastated’ — Thompson to miss World Athletics Championships due to visa delays20 HOURS AGO The bronze brought Felix to a record 30 World Championships and Olympic medals.

The iconic athlete said after the race, “I felt the love, and I felt joy running, and so I feel really proud tonight, and fulfilled". Felix was delighted to get the chance to sign off at home, and with daughter Camryn in attendance, and said: “To be able to compete here in front of my own crowd at a World Championships was something I had always wanted.

Obviously, I am not in the prime of my career. But just to be able to finish it with Camryn in the stands, and to share that moment with her, means a lot.” Team-mate Elijah Godwin, who passed the baton to Felix for the final leg of the race, said afterwards, «there's not one single story that can explain the impact that she had on the sport.

Over the span of the years she did it, she became an icon, and for us to come out and compete with her, it's a blessing to have that opportunity». /> Great British athlete Chris Thompson misses World Athletics Championships due to visa issues Defending heptathlon world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson changes coach