Moscow Open

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Sanya
Richards:
the
fashionable
woman from
Texas
Sanya Richards moved with her family from her native Jamaica to USA
when she was 12 years old and in 2002 she was made a US citizen
while still attending the University of Texas doing her Masters in Sport.
For America, she was a valuable acquisition because today Richards has
become one of the stars of American sprinting. She is going to the World
Championships in Berlin with the real possibility of winning two gold
medals in the 400 metres and the 4x400 metres relay.
For the 37th time in her career, she again ran faster than 50 seconds at
the “Golden League” competition in Paris. She would later say how much
she enjoyed the atmosphere of the “Golden League” competitions and
that they always inspired her to produce a good performance. After the
exhausting training of the ‘between season’ period, she had to prepare her
body for new challenges, and, hence, the result in Paris was a kind of
reward for all the hard work she had put in. Sanya believes that without
the necessary training, a person cannot survive this very complicated
distance. In an interview in Paris, she said “I do all possible in order
to be psychologically ready for a fast race and looking after my
appearance is an important element of preparing for the event“.
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