Sprinter Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas has taken gold in an upset win over USA’s Allyson Felix in the women’s 400m and how! Though Miller started strong and led most of the race, she was nearly overtaken by Felix but at the last second she dove over the finish line and took the gold.
Felix finished second, followed by Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson.
Felix, who took gold in the 400m at last year’s World Championship, was the favorite for this race. Monday’s silver medal makes her the most decorated US woman in track and field history. Her first Olympic medal came in the 200m at her first Games, when she was 18 at Athens 2004. Four years later, in Beijing, Felix took another silver in the 200m.
Her first gold came at London 2012, when she gold in the 200m race — as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. That year, Felix became the first female US athlete to win three gold medals at the same Olympics since 1988.
With a second-place finish, she did miss out on become the first track and field athlete to win five gold medals overall.
Miller’s Olympic debut came at the 2012 London Olympics, but the then 18-year-old had a hamstring injury and had to sit out the event. She has called the injury ‘just a minor setback for a major comeback.’
Last year, she placed second at the 2015 World Championship.
Miller also won 400m medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships and the 2011 World Youth Championships.
Sourced from Daily Mail, Featured image courtesy: Reuters
