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Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field Olympian of all time, will have another chance to add more medals to her illustrious career.
The 40-year-old told Time that she will make a comeback in hopes of running at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, which will be held in her hometown.
“So many of us have been told not to do the big, bold thing,” Felix told the magazine about his comeback. “You know, at this age, I should probably stay home and take care of my kids and do all that. And just why not? Let’s turn it on its head. Let’s go for it. Let’s be vulnerable.”
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Allyson Felix, world multiple sprint champion, celebrates after the 4×400 meter medley relay at the world championships in Eugene, Ore., July 16, 2022. The U.S. relay team won bronze in Felix’s final race. (Michael Kappeler/DPA)
Felix will be 42 when the Olympics begin in LA, but the winner of 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds, across five different Games has seen others over 40 years old do what many consider impossible. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Lindsey Vonn were mentioned by Felix during the interview.
She wants to push past the age barrier and believes she can have one last shot at Olympic glory.
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If Felix were to make the Olympic team at 42, she would be the first American sprinter to ever reach the Games in her 40s. And given that her specialty is sprinting, that will be quite a feat with the talent pool she would be going up against.
Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Gabby Thomas and more will be vying for spots on the 2028 Olympic team. But that clearly isn’t going to deter Felix, who many of these women likely looked up to since she burst onto the Olympic scene in Athens in 2004.
Allyson Felix, world multiple sprint champion, celebrates after the 4×400 meter medley relay at the world championships in Eugene, Ore., July 16, 2022. The U.S. relay team won bronze in Felix’s final race. (Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Felix won silver that year in the 200 meter sprint. Then, during the 2008 Games in Beijing, she won gold with the 4×400 meter relay team, while taking home silver in the 200 meter sprint.
Felix reached the height of her running powers during the London Games, where she won gold in the 200 meters, 4×100 meters relay and 4×400 meters relay. She was part of the team in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before announcing her retirement after the 2022 track season.
Since then, Felix was inducted into the US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2025 while serving as part of the International Olympic Committee Athlete Commission as well as the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Board of Directors.
So while Felix is heavily involved in the Games for the United States, she wants to be back on the court.
Allyson Felix speaks on stage during the 2025 Social Impact Summit of The Hollywood Reporter and Social Impact Fund on July 24, 2025 at the DGA in Los Angeles, California. (Monica Schipper/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Felix returned to competitive running last year, but she said she will begin training in earnest for an Olympic comeback in October.
If Felix doesn’t make the team eventually, she said she will be at the 2028 LA Games with her children to cheer on those representing the Stars and Stripes.
