World Athletics Ch’ship: US Track Legend Allyson Felix Postpones Retirement For Women’s 4x400m Relay

Eugene: Allyson Felix, most decorated sprinter in US history, deferred her retirement and said will return to the world championships to race in the preliminaries of the women’s 4×400 relay on Saturday.

She said team officials coaxed her out of her brief retirement after she helped the mixed relay team win a bronze medal last Friday in what she had said was her last major race.

The prelims of the 4x400m relay are on Saturday and the final will be held on Sunday to close out the World Championships.

A week ago, Felix ran the second leg on the 4x400m mixed relay squad in what she said would be her last event.

At the Tokyo Olympics last year, she was on the gold-medal women’s 4x400m relay as part of a “dream team” with Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu.