BEIJING — Allyson Felix has the sniffles: a cold during the summer and the world track and field championships. But in view of the challenges she has overcome to get back to the Bird’s Nest and the challenges her sport continues to face to its integrity, that seems a minor concern.
“I’m good; just looking forward to getting this final underway,” Felix said Wednesday on the eve of the 400-meter final.
Felix has accomplished her boldest-faced professional goals with three gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics. But the last time she raced for a major medal, she ended up in a heap on the track after tearing her right hamstring deep into the curve of the 200-meter final at the world championships in Moscow in 2013.