Allyson Felix has six gold medals but none of those medals are from the 400 meter sprint itself. Felix won the silver medal in this years Olympic games in Rio. She lost that race because Shaunae Miller dove for the win running a time of 49.44, while Felix ran a time of 49.51. Felix won the gold medal with the relay team in the 4x400 meter relay in 2008 Olympic games at Beijing, 2012 Olympic games at London, and the 2016 Olympic games at Rio. While Felix does not have an Olympic gold medal in the 400m, Sanya Richards-Ross actually has a gold medal in the 400m, and she has three medals in the 4x400 meter relay. At the 2012 Olympics in London she won the gold medal in the 400 meter sprint running a time of 49.55. The also won gold medals in the 4x400 relay in the 2004 Olympics at Athens, 2008 Olympics at Beijing, and the 2012 Olympics in London. Richards-Ross did not participate in the 2016 Olympic 4x400 relay due to her hamstring injury late in the season. Felix and Richards-Ross were teammates in the 4x400 relay at Beijing and London, watching those two women run with and against one another is a historical …show more content…
Felix personal record in the 400 meter sprint is 49.26, which she set back at the 2015 World Championship in Beijing. That was the last time that she has broke her personal record, and that is very hard to do especially when you run long sprints. Felix still has time to break her personal record, not only in the 400 meter sprint but also in another one of her favorite events the 200 meter sprint. Sanya Richards-Ross is a beast in the 400 meter sprint she set the American record back in 2006, and nobody has yet to break that record not even Felix. As stated before, she has the fastest time in America that has been ran by a woman. She ran a time of 48.70, which was ran at the 2006 World Championships in Athens. Although Felix does not hold a record in the 400 meter dash or the 4x400 relay, she is apart of the 4x100m team who holds the 4x100 meter relay American record that was ran at the 2012 London Olympics. She may not be as great as Richards-Ross in the 400 meter sprint, her name is still known in her other