{"id":240878,"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/american-sprinter-allyson-felix-unretires-intends-to-compete-at-2028-la-olympics-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"american-sprinter-allyson-felix-unretires-intends-to-compete-at-2028-la-olympics-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/american-sprinter-allyson-felix-unretires-intends-to-compete-at-2028-la-olympics-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"American sprinter Allyson Felix unretires, intends to compete at 2028 LA Olympics | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>Legendary American sprinter Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track &amp; field athlete in Olympic history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXpq2EbGTWy\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced her comeback<\/a> on Monday. The 40-year-old Felix intends to compete at the 2028 LA Games \u2014 and yes, she\u2019s aware <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/20\/allyson-felix-comeback-olympics-2028\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20know%2C%20at%2040%2C%20I%20am%20not%20at%20my%20peak.%20I%20have%20no%20illusions%20about%20that.%20I%E2%80%99m%20very%20clear%20in%20what%20it%20is%20and%20what%20I%20want%20to%20see.%20And%20so%20I%20hope%20it%27s%20seen%20that%20way.%E2%80%9D%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it\u2019ll be an uphill climb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcaa How she\u2019ll do it: <\/strong>Having already reached the mountaintop of her sport, Felix is ready to experiment with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scripps.org\/news_items\/7709-what-is-biohacking-how-does-it-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biohacking<\/a>\u201d trends, like supplements, saunas, and swimming cross-training, in addition to support from <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/20\/allyson-felix-comeback-olympics-2028\/#:~:text=Two%20owners%20of%20women%E2%80%99s%20pro%20sports%20teams%2C%20Clara%20Wu%20Tsai%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Liberty%20and%20Michele%20Kang%20of%20the%20Washington%20Spirit%2C%20have%20recently%20launched%20innovation%20hubs%20aimed%20at%20improving%20female%20athlete%20performance.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">athlete innovation hubs<\/a> focused on female performance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mom of two, Felix wants to stay close to her kids throughout this transition. While she\u2019ll begin training in earnest this October, we won\u2019t see her compete until at least 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udda8\ufe0f The blueprint: <\/strong>Felix isn\u2019t alone in her longevity quest. American skier Lindsey Vonn (41) returned to competition in 2024, tennis GOAT Serena Williams (44) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/48105563\/novak-djokovic-serena-williams-potential-return-tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flirting with a comeback<\/a> of her own, and LeBron James (41) is <em>still <\/em>averaging a near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/glossary\/basketball\/#double-double\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">double-double<\/a> with the LA Lakers in the NBA Playoffs. Age is just a number, after all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2665\ufe0f <strong>The final word: <\/strong>The 11-time Olympic medalist acknowledged she\u2019s not trying to relive her glory days, but is instead focused on one question: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXpq2EbGTWy\/?img_index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What are the limits for a pro athlete in their forties<\/a>? Now she\u2019ll get answers \u2014 perhaps in front of a hometown crowd in LA in two years. This comeback isn\u2019t about achievement; it\u2019s about discovery. How lucky we are to watch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/allyson-felix-unretires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Legendary American sprinter Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track &amp; field athlete in Olympic history, announced her comeback on Monday. The 40-year-old Felix intends to compete at the 2028 LA Games \u2014 and yes, she\u2019s aware it\u2019ll be an uphill climb. \ud83d\udcaa How she\u2019ll do it: Having already reached the mountaintop of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}