Sanya Richards is an Olympic champion and U.S. record holder. At the IAAF World Games in 2006, Sanya became the youngest woman to run 400 meters in under 49 seconds – and the fastest woman to run 400 meters in American history!
Excerpt from: http://www.runblogrun.com/2009/06/pre_classic_press_conference_b.html
Pre Classic press conference is always a good place to reach some of the top athletes in the world. This year, we have Pamela Jelimo, La Shawn Merritt, Dawn Harper, Sanya Richards, Anna Willard, Andrei Silnov and Jesse Williams….
These are the shoes that Sanya Richards will wear tomorrow,
and she also wore them in Beijing in the 400 meters and 4 x 400 meters.
Photo courtesy of Photorun.net.
Sanya added, ” As for Nutrilite, my sponsor, along with Nike. I was never a vitamin person before, but I use their vitamins and I can feel it. They are also such nice people and that makes it really great.”
When queried about her coach, Sanya noted, : “I am happy to be with Coach Clyde. He is the best 400 meter coach in the world. Now that Jeremy Wariner is back, it is like the old days. I love to compete and I want to do well this year, I have goals and I am healthy again, and I will do well! ”
Special thanks to Tom Jordan, Lewellyn Starks, John Capriotti.
What do you think about in the middle of the night when you can’t sleep? Usually my mind wanders back to something from the previous day. Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night last night and couldn’t go back to sleep. Counting sheep has never worked for me because I always start thinking about something else and forget that I’m trying to go back to sleep.
