Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics since 2000 that Allyson Felix, the most-decorated track and field athlete ever, won't be sprinting around the track for Team USA. Yes, it's true: the owner of 20 World Championship medals and 11 Olympic medals has officially hung up her spikes after running her last race in 2022.
track and field athlete ever, won’t be sprinting around the track for Team USA. Yes, it’s true: the owner of 20 World Championship medals and 11 Olympic medals has officially hung up her spikes after running her last race in 2022. And while we’ll miss her fearless presence on the track, Felix is maintaining her powerful presence in women’s sports — now as one of their biggest and most vocal supporters.
For Felix, the most urgent area of growth is around visibility. She wants every sports fan to have the “ability to turn on the TV and watch women’s sports,” a seemingly basic goal that has nevertheless been a major obstacle for fans of the WNBA and NWSL, the two major women’s sports leagues in the US. “Through the NCAA Tournament and women’s basketball and the WNBA, we’re seeing what I think a lot of women have known for a long time, is just how exciting women’s sports is,” Felix says.
As for Felix, she says she’s the “laid-back sports parent” — at least for now. “I just kind of let her do her thing,” she explains. “I’m just really proud of her and wanting her to explore.”
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