Athletics: Felix ready for Worlds 200-400 double
Announced the much anticipated decision on her Twitter account.
LOS ANGELES:
US athlete Allyson Felix will run both the 200 metre and 400 metre at the World Championships next month in South Korea. Felix, the three-time defending 200 metre world champion, announced the much anticipated decision on her Twitter account. “Decided to go for the double (200/400) at WCs,” she tweeted. “Will be very difficult, but first step to accomplishing greatness is trying.” Felix won the 400 metres at the US championships in June, a victory that made her the first woman to win national titles in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in a career.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2011.
US athlete Allyson Felix will run both the 200 metre and 400 metre at the World Championships next month in South Korea. Felix, the three-time defending 200 metre world champion, announced the much anticipated decision on her Twitter account. “Decided to go for the double (200/400) at WCs,” she tweeted. “Will be very difficult, but first step to accomplishing greatness is trying.” Felix won the 400 metres at the US championships in June, a victory that made her the first woman to win national titles in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in a career.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2011.