Topic: Sanya Richards

Bolt storms to 100m win in track comeback

Usain Bolt shook off a nine-month lay-off to prove he was back as he beat rival Asafa Powell to win the 100m at the Golden Gala here on Thursday.Bolt had to grit his teeth and drag back his Jamaican compatriot over ...

Bolt-Powell Jamaican duel set for Rome

Former world record-holder Asafa Powell will challenge triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt at the Rome Golden Gala meet in May, organisers announced on Wednesday.The current world and Olympic champion and world record-holder over 100m and 200m, Bolt had already agreed to ...

Sanya Richards

American sprinter Sanya Richards is a three-time U.S. outdoor 400 meter track champion. Richards placed first in the 400 meter event at the 2008 U.S. Olympic track and field trials and earned a place on the U.S. Olympic athletics ...

Richards-Ross's season ended by injuries

American world 400 metres champion Sanya Richards-Ross announced on Sunday that she is bringing her season to a premature end to recover from a series of injuries."I have been plagued with flares from my Behcet's disease, struggled with injuries, and ...

Bolt and Richards named athletes of the year

Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt and Jamaican-born United States 400 metres runner Sanya Richards were named athletes of the year here on Sunday.Bolt, 23, wooed the crowds again this year at the world athletics championships in Berlin when he took the 100 ...
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Sanya Richards of US win second World Athlete of the Year awardsJamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and 400-meter runner Sanya Richards of the United States won their second IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards on Sunday.Bolt retained ...

Bolt and Richards named IAAF world athletes of year

MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who became one of the world's most recognized athletes, and American women's 400 meters world champion Sanya Richards were named IAAF world athletes of the year on Sunday.Bolt, who won the award ...

Gay, Richards earn 2009 Owens awards

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards were named the 2009 Jesse Owens Award recipients Thursday, the second time that each has earned the USA Track and Field honor.Gay also received the Owens award in 2007, and Richards won it in 2006. They ...
Bolt steals show even though Richards, Isinbayeva, Bekele split $1M Golden League jackpotUnder black clouds on a damp day, Usain Bolt was brilliant as ever. Once again, it was as if he were racing alone.The Jamaican ran the fourth fastest 200 ...

World champion Richards races to 400m season best

World champion Sanya Richards of the United States clocked the best time this season in the 400m when she stormed to victory at the Brussels Golden League meeting here on Friday.Richards, one of three athletes still in contention for the one-million-dollar ...