Richards loses the albatross

08-18-2009

Contact:
Jill Geer
Chief Public Affairs Officer
USA Track & Field
317-713-4663

Sanya Richards has been the favorite to win gold medals since she was 17 years old. On Tuesday night, after seven years of obstacles and disappointment that would have sidelined nearly anyone other than Sanya Richards, she got her gold. Jill Geer pays tribute to a world-class, class-act competitor in her Off the Record blog, "A gold medal long-awaited and much-deserved". To read the blog, visit https://www.usatf.org/about/leadership/OffTheRecordBlog/