Felix hops on plane back to World Championships for relay
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 [July 23, 2022] By
Amy Tennery
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - Allyson Felix bid farewell to her stellar
track career last week but the American looks as if she will have
another role to play in the World Championships after being called
up for the 4x400 metres relay preliminaries, USATF confirmed on
Friday.
The seven-times Olympic gold medallist ran what was billed as her
final World Championships race a week ago, helping the United States
to bronze in the mixed relay in front of a home crowd in Eugene,
Oregon.
On Friday she answered the call once more.
"Coach called and I had to jump on the plane," Felix tweeted.
The relay heats are on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in Eugene, Oregon, additional reporting by
Gene Cherry; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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Allyson Felix runs the second leg of the USA mixed 4 x 400m relay
that placed third in 3:10.18 during the World Athletics
Championships Oregon 22 at Hayward Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby
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