Allyson Felix, most decorated US female track Olympian, announces comeback bid for 2028 LA Games

Allyson Felix, the astir decorated way and tract Olympian of each time, wants 1 much ace astatine adding much medals to her illustrious career.

The 40-year-old told Time she volition beryllium making a comeback successful hopes of moving successful the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, which volition beryllium hosted successful her location city.  

"So galore of america person been told not to bash the big, bold thing," Felix said to the outlet astir her comeback. "You know, astatine this age, I should astir apt beryllium staying location and taking attraction of my kids, doing each that. And just, wherefore not? Let’s flip it connected its head. Let’s spell aft the thing. Let’s beryllium vulnerable."

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Allyson Felix, aggregate sprint satellite champion, celebrates aft the 4x400 metre mixed relay astatine the World Championships successful Eugene, Oregon, connected July 16, 2022. The U.S. relay squad won bronze successful Felix's last race. (Michael Kappeler/DPA)

Felix volition beryllium 42 erstwhile the Olympics statesman successful L.A., but the victor of 11 Olympic medals, including 7 golds, crossed 5 antithetic Games has seen others past 40 years aged bash what galore see impossible. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Lindsey Vonn were mentioned by Felix during the interview.

She wants to propulsion past the property barrier, believing she tin get 1 past changeable astatine Olympic glory.

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If Felix were to marque the Olympic squad astatine 42, she would beryllium the archetypal American sprinter to ever scope the Games successful their 40s. And considering her specialty is sprinting, it volition beryllium rather the feat with the endowment excavation she’d beryllium going up against.

Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Gabby Thomas and much volition beryllium vying for spots connected the Olympic squad travel 2028. But that’s intelligibly not going to deter Felix, who galore of these women apt looked up to since she burst onto the Olympic country successful Athens successful 2004.

Allyson Felix, aggregate sprint satellite champion, celebrates aft the 4x400 metre mixed relay astatine the World Championships successful Eugene, Oregon, connected July 16, 2022. The U.S. relay squad won bronze successful Felix's last race. (Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

Felix won metallic that twelvemonth successful the 200-meter sprint. Then, during the 2008 Games successful Beijing, she won golden with the 4x400-meter relay team, portion taking location metallic successful the 200-meter sprint.

Felix reached the tallness of her moving powers during the London Games, notching golden successful the 200-meter, the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. She was a portion of the squad successful Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo earlier announcing her status pursuing the 2022 way season.

Since then, Felix was inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame successful 2025, portion serving arsenic portion of the International Olympic Committee’s Athlete’s Commission arsenic good arsenic the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s Board of Directors.

So, portion Felix is progressive heavy successful the Games for the U.S., she wants to beryllium backmost connected the track.

Allyson Felix speaks onstage during the 2025 Social Impact Summit by The Hollywood Reporter and Social Impact Fund connected July 24, 2025, astatine the DGA successful Los Angeles, Calif. (Monica Schipper/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Felix did instrumentality to competitory moving past year, but she said she volition earnestly statesman grooming for an Olympic comeback successful October.

If Felix doesn’t marque the squad successful the end, she said she volition beryllium contiguous astatine the 2028 LA Games with her children to cheer connected those representing the Stars and Stripes.  

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