Double Vision for Allyson Felix

Published by Athletics Weekly on March 3, 2016

Allyson Felix is targeting a rare Olympic double over 200m and 400m this year. As Stuart Weir says, she is already one of the greats

When the US trials and their rigid selection system deprived the nation of world No.1 Francena McCorory and Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross, it looked as if the chance of an American victory in the 2015 World Championships 400 metres had gone.

That was until Allyson Felix, after keeping us waiting for most of the year, announced that she would run the 400m and not the 200m. In the event, Felix ran 49.26 (a PB and world leading time) to take gold.