VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Olympic Track & Field Star Sanya Richards-Ross Gives Advice To Fellow Athletes

Sanya Richards-Ross gave fellow athletes competing at the Olympics advice on how to stay motivated. The former Olympian competed for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Richards-Ross was champion in the 2012 London Olympics, making her the second American woman to win the 400 meters and the first to earn multiple titles.

“You just want to keep doing the same things that got you there, you don’t want to make too many changes,” the Fort Lauderdale native told uSports exclusively in May. “You want to trust yourself and the process to go out there and have fun.”

The Jamaican American began running at age seven and represented Vaz Prep in youth championships. Richards-Ross won the 2002 Gatorade National High School Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year and USA Track and Field Youth Athlete of the Year.

During high school, Richards-Ross was a nine-time individual state champion, winning four 100-meter titles, three 200-meter titles, one 400-meter title and a long jump title. The ex-Longhorn became the first freshman to win an NCAA championship in the 400-meter and the 4 x 100-meter relay. R

ichards-Ross came into the 2008 Beijing Olympics as one of the most prolific sprinters of the decade, thus she was favored to win gold. Unfortunately, she settled for bronze after Christine Ohuruogu and Shericka Williams finished ahead of her. The track star announced her retirement in 2016 as she was still recovering from a toe injury.