TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 One Minute to Gold 5 ATHLETE BIO Allyson Felix 10 CHAPTER 2 Early Years 13 CHAPTER 3 Track and Field Champions 19 CHAPTER 4 The Top of Their Game 25 Focus on Women in Track and Field 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
ONE MINUTE TO GOLD On August 10 2012 four US sprinters prepared to race the 4x100-meter women’s relay They faced seven other teams inside London Olympic Stadium The Jamaican team was the US team’s biggest competition In a 4x100-meter relay teams have four runners who each sprint 100 meters London Olympic Stadium held approximately 80,000 people during the 2012 Olympics 5 CHAPTER 1
