Six-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix has inked a sponsorship deal with U.S. leisure-wear brand Athleta following her split with Nike, it was confirmed on Wednesday. Felix, the only woman in history to win six Olympic track and field gold medals, had been critical of ...
U.S. sporting goods giant Nike, under fire for financially penalizing sponsored athletes who become pregnant, is changing its maternity policy, the New York Times reported. "We've recognized Nike, Inc., can do more, and there is an important opportunity for the sports industry collectively to evolve ...
Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix joined a chorus of recent criticism against Nike on Wednesday, accusing the sporting goods giant of penalizing female athletes who took time off to have a child. Felix, the only female track and field athlete to win six ...
Olympic champion Allyson Felix gives birth by emergency C-section
Six-time Olympic athletics champion Allyson Felix revealed Thursday she has given birth to a baby daughter who was born prematurely and only after an emergency C-section operation. Felix gave birth to daughter Camryn on Nov. 28 after only 32 weeks when emergency surgery was performed ...
Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt are savvy track stars who've been around long enough to know that not everything always goes to plan. But over the final 30 minutes of Saturday's topsy-turvy night at the Olympic track, both Americans came away with the prizes they'd ...
Hot favorite Almaz Ayana suddenly slumped in the final stages, allowing Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya to surge past and win the women's 5,000 meters in an Olympic record on Friday night. That gave Cheruiyot revenge for her second-place finish behind the Ethiopian in the 10,000 ...
Allyson Felix had the star power to change the Olympic schedule. Now, it's her schedule that needs adjusting. Felix's run at the 200-400 Olympic double, made possible after Olympics officials honored her request for a chance to run both races, came to an earlier-than-expected end Sunday. ...
Organizers say Olympic 200-meter champion Allyson Felix has pulled out of the Diamond League meet in Doha next week because of a "minor" ankle injury she picked up in training. Felix was to open her season by running in the 100 meters in Qatar on ...
Dafne Schippers swept away any doubts she will be a gold-medal contender at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, crossing the finishing line at the Van Damme meet Friday with one index finger held proudly in the air. The Dutchwoman won a stirring 200 meters to ...
Training-wise, Allyson Felix thinks she's fit enough to run the 200 and 400 meters at the world championships. Timing-wise, the schedule just doesn't work out. It's a situation that irks the usually stoic American sprinter, who qualified in both events but will focus only on ...
Allyson Felix's dalliance with the 400 meters has led to a dilemma of whether she will run the event at worlds or hand off the spot to a teammate. That decision could take days, maybe even weeks, to reach. Felix needed just 50.19 seconds — along ...
Justin Gatlin sent a message to Usain Bolt on Friday — both with his legs and his mouth. Gatlin lived up to the pre-season hype by winning the 100 meters in a world-leading 9.74 seconds at the Diamond League opener, a personal-best time and a ...
