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GOLD RUSH! FELIX MOST DECORATED U.S. TRACK ATHLETE *EVER*
USA Track and Field on Saturday dubbed the womens 4X400-meter relay a Dream Team.
The squad became a nightmare for opponents as the Americans breezed to victory at the Tokyo Olympics, giving Allyson Felix her 11th Olympic career medal to become the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history. Period.
Felix, 35, tied Carl Lewis at 10 by winning a bronze in the 400 meters on Friday and also became the winningest female track athlete ever in the Summer Games.
This time, Felix, who ran the second leg, got help to surpass Lewis. Sydney McLaughlin, the newly minted 400-meter hurdle gold medalist who broke her own world record; Dalilah Muhammad, the runner-up in that race who also beat the previous mark; and anchor Athing Mu, the 19-year-old who won the 800 meters, pushed the team to a winning time of 3:16.85.
The team finished nearly 4 seconds ahead of silver medalist Poland, and Jamaica took the bronze.
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SIMPLY DOMINANT. 🥇
@TeamUSA wins the women's 4x400m relay. #TokyoOlympicsLink to tweet
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allyson-felix-us-dream-team-4x400-olympics_n_610e79abe4b0cc1278bc9267
Wow! Just Wow!
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TheBlackAdder
Aug 2021
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Pamela and JaVale McGee become the first mother-son gold-medal duo in Olympics history
underpants
Aug 2021
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underpants
(182,788 posts)1. Pamela and JaVale McGee become the first mother-son gold-medal duo in Olympics history
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31977111/pamela-javale-mcgee-become-first-mom-son-gold-medal-duo-olympics-history
Hall of Famer and USC Trojans legend Pamela McGee and her son, JaVale McGee, are the first mother and son to win gold medals in Olympic history.
Pamela was a member of the 1984 squad that defeated South Korea 85-55 to win gold at the Olympics. Thirty-seven years later, JaVale secured a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, beating France 87-82 on Saturday.
Pamela is also the only former WNBA player to have children who have played in the NBA and WNBA. JaVale has played in the NBA for more than a decade, while younger sister Imani McGee-Stafford played in the WNBA from 2016 to 2019. The first mother-son duo in WNBA-NBA history continues to etch their
Hall of Famer and USC Trojans legend Pamela McGee and her son, JaVale McGee, are the first mother and son to win gold medals in Olympic history.
Pamela was a member of the 1984 squad that defeated South Korea 85-55 to win gold at the Olympics. Thirty-seven years later, JaVale secured a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, beating France 87-82 on Saturday.
Pamela is also the only former WNBA player to have children who have played in the NBA and WNBA. JaVale has played in the NBA for more than a decade, while younger sister Imani McGee-Stafford played in the WNBA from 2016 to 2019. The first mother-son duo in WNBA-NBA history continues to etch their
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)2. K&R
stillcool
(32,626 posts)4. amazing woman