She graduated from Georgetown in 2012 and placed eighth in the 5,000 at the 2012 Olympic trials. As for the idea of a medical exemption — impossible under USA Track & Field rules — Felix certainly has some sympathizers. The Georgetown alum’s second-place finish in Saturday’s 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials was good enough to send her to the Rio Games next month. Just keep fighting.”Felix is running on a bad ankle here at the trials, where she’s trying to qualify in both the 200 and 400. Looking back, the race still eats at Huddle, but she’s glad Infeld was the one who caught her.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2016 20:53 UTC