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TheBlackAdder

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Sat Aug 7, 2021, 12:42 PM Aug 2021

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GOLD RUSH! FELIX MOST DECORATED U.S. TRACK ATHLETE *EVER*




USA Track and Field on Saturday dubbed the women’s 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.

#TokyoOlympics
@NBCOlympics
SIMPLY DOMINANT. 🥇

@TeamUSA wins the women's 4x400m relay. #TokyoOlympics



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allyson-felix-us-dream-team-4x400-olympics_n_610e79abe4b0cc1278bc9267



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Click on this is you just want to read on some cool awesomeness! (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 OP
Pamela and JaVale McGee become the first mother-son gold-medal duo in Olympics history underpants Aug 2021 #1
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1. Pamela and JaVale McGee become the first mother-son gold-medal duo in Olympics history
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 12:55 PM
Aug 2021
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
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