Us Great Felix Targets La Olympics In Comeback

The astir dressed up American Olympian successful athletics, Felix won her only solo golden successful nan 200m astatine London successful 2012, but besides topped nan 4x400m relay podium astatine each Games betwixt 2008 and nan delayed 2020 Tokyo Games.

She besides won 4x100m relay titles successful 2012 and 2016, and took 200m metallic successful 2004 and 2008, on pinch 400m metallic and bronze successful Rio and Tokyo respectively.

The LA autochthonal besides won a grounds 20 medals astatine nan World Championships, nan astir for immoderate female aliases man, including 14 titles.

Felix, who besides has a girl calved successful 2018, attended nan 2024 Paris Olympics arsenic a spectator and said she knowledgeable "mixed emotions".

"There were moments wherever I was like, 'Oh, this is truthful great. It's truthful breathtaking to beryllium successful nan stands and connected nan different side,'" Felix told Time magazine, external.

"And past location were moments wherever I was, 'You know, I miss this feeling'."

Felix, a personnel of nan athletes committee for nan 2028 LA Olympic organising committee, said she is realistic astir her comeback.

"I know, astatine 40, I americium not astatine my peak. I person nary illusions astir that," she added. "I'm very clear successful what it is and what I want to see. And truthful I dream it's seen that way.

"When I was competing, you conscionable heard this roar for host-country athletes astatine nan Olympics. I would emotion to acquisition that.

"I would astir apt beryllium upset astatine myself if I conscionable didn't springiness it a try. However it turns out, I'll still beryllium location pinch my kids, hanging retired and cheering everybody on."