Pause, rewind, play: The remarkable Olympic career of Allyson Felix

Allyson Felix, one of the greatest sprinters of all time, is all set to take part in her fifth straight Olympics, and first as a mother, after qualifying for Tokyo 2020 with a typically gritty performance.

The 35-year-old American is the only female track and field athlete to win six Olympic gold medals and also has three silver medals to tie the all-time record. She is also the most decorated athlete, male or female, in World Athletics Championships history with 18 career medals, 13 of them being gold.

Felix made her Olympic debut at Athens 2004 at 18 years of age and reaching another one at 35 shows how great an athlete she is. At an age when most track and field athletes reach the end of their career, she found a remarkable second wind to reach, what she has said will be, her final Olympics.

Felix has had an incredibly long and decorated career, as her World Athletics Championships record indicates, but her runs at the Olympic Games highlight her longevity. At her peak, she could outstrip the field with her speed in the 200m.

In her very first Olympics, she won silver in 200m finishing second behind only Jamaica veteran Veronica Campbell Brown.

She dominated…

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