Allyson Felix gets mixed relay nod, heading to 10th worlds
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Allyson Felix was named to her tenth world championship crew, the place she may have an opportunity to run within the blended relay occasion and add to her report medal assortment.
Felix, whose 18 medals are essentially the most in world-championship historical past, has introduced that this might be her ultimate season in monitor. Finally month’s U.S. championships, she completed sixth within the 400 meters and didn’t qualify for any particular person occasions. However the 36-year-old was named to the blended relay pool Tuesday when USA Monitor and Discipline launched its 151-person roster for worlds.
The world championships run July 15-24 in Eugene, Oregon.
Lacking from the roster was Sha’Carri Richardson, who failed to qualify for the finals of both the 100 or 200 meters at nationals. Richardson received the ladies’s 100 at Olympic trials final yr however was banned from the video games after testing optimistic for a substance present in marijuana.
Amongst these named to the ladies’s 4×100 relay pool was Gabby Thomas, the 200-meter champion in 2021 who has been coping with a hamstring harm this season. Thomas completed eighth at nationals final month.
The U.S. will ship 9 reigning world champions and 29 medalists from Tokyo to the primary world championships on American soil. Amongst these world champions is 100-meter titlist Christian Coleman, who was banned from the Olympics after a case involving missed doping tests.
One headline race of 10-day meet options reigning Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin towards reigning world champion Dalilah Muhammad within the 400-meter hurdles.
They’ve taken turns setting world data over the previous three years; McLaughlin lowered it to 51.41 seconds last month at nationals. Muhammad sat out nationals with a hamstring harm. Her world title assured her a spot on the U.S. crew.
