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United States observe megastar Allyson Felix won her 2nd consecutive Olympic medal within the females’s 400-meter flee on Friday.
The 35-300 and sixty five days-former won the bronze and finished with a time of 49.46 seconds.
Starting up from the ninth lane on the open air, Felix led loads of the flee. Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas in the end stormed to the entrance of the pack to eradicate gold with a deepest-most interesting time of 48.36 seconds.
The battle for 2nd used to be cease, between Felix, Marileidy Paulino and Stephenie Ann McPherson. Paulino in a roundabout design took the silver with a time of 49.20 seconds, however Felix and McPherson each finished internal 0.5 seconds of the No. 2 field.
It wasn’t a guarantee that Felix would qualify for this tournament. She regarded to be in effort all thru the U.S. Notice and Field Olympic trials on June 20. She used to be in fourth location heading into the closing stretch of the flee sooner than rallying for a 2nd-location enact with a time of 50.02 seconds.
The Tokyo Video games imprint her fifth occupation appearance within the Olympics. She used to be already the most embellished female observe and field athlete within the history of the Video games before this 300 and sixty five days. Her six gold medals are the most all-time amongst female opponents, and her 10 total medals are tied with Carl Lewis for the most in U.S. observe and field history.
Precise thru the qualifying rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, Felix won her heat with a time of 50.84 seconds. She adopted that up with a flee of 49.89 seconds within the third semifinal to make it into Friday’s closing.
Felix added the 400 meters to her resume all thru the 2016 Video games, moreover to the 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relays. She won silver on this tournament 5 years within the past, moreover to two gold medals within the physique of workers relay competitions. Her time of 44.51 seconds used to be .07 seconds within the again of gold medalist Shaunae Miller.
Alongside with her bronze-medal efficiency this day, Felix is the first American girl to medal on this tournament in again-to-again Olympics since Sanya Richards-Ross in 2008 and 2012.
