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

Allyson Felix, nan astir dressed up way and section Olympian of each time, wants 1 much ace astatine adding much medals to her illustrious career.

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

"So galore of america person been told not to do nan big, bold thing," Felix said to nan 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, why not? Let’s flip it connected its head. Let’s spell aft nan thing. Let’s beryllium vulnerable."

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Allyson Felix, aggregate sprint world champion, celebrates aft nan 4x400 metre mixed relay astatine nan 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 will beryllium 42 erstwhile nan Olympics statesman successful L.A., but nan victor of 11 Olympic medals, including 7 golds, crossed 5 different Games has seen others past 40 years aged do what galore see impossible. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Lindsey Vonn were mentioned by Felix during nan interview.

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

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If Felix were to make nan Olympic squad astatine 42, she would beryllium nan first American sprinter to ever scope nan Games successful their 40s. And considering her specialty is sprinting, it will beryllium rather nan feat pinch nan talent excavation she’d beryllium going up against.

Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Gabby Thomas and much will beryllium vying for spots connected nan 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 nan Olympic segment successful Athens successful 2004.

Allyson Felix, aggregate sprint world champion, celebrates aft nan 4x400 metre mixed relay astatine nan 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 nan 200-meter sprint. Then, during nan 2008 Games successful Beijing, she won golden pinch nan 4x400-meter relay team, while taking location metallic successful nan 200-meter sprint.

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

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

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

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

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Felix did return to competitory moving past year, but she said she will earnestly statesman training for an Olympic comeback successful October.

If Felix doesn’t make nan squad successful nan end, she said she will beryllium coming astatine nan 2028 LA Games pinch her children to cheer connected those representing nan Stars and Stripes.  

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