America's Allyson Felix Finally Wins Gold In 200-Meter Event

Allyson Felix, 26, of Team USA, who left the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics with silver medals in her individual 200m track and field event, nabbing a gold in Beijing for the 4x400m relay, finally slayed her white whale on Wednesday when she secured the gold at a running time of 21.88 seconds, .21 seconds faster than Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The bronze went to the U.S.'s Carmelita Jeter.

"I mean, finally," Felix said after the race, reports the San Francisco Gate. "It's been a long time coming. I am so overjoyed." On Saturday, Felix placed fifth in the 100m event, in which she competed as a preparation for speed and endurance for her own event.

Overall, the United States fared pretty well in Wednesday's track and field events, winning three gold medals, two silvers and two bronze. Brittney Reese won gold for the long jump and Aries Merritt won the 110m hurdles.

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