*After winning three gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles are the 2023 USATF Athletes of the Year.
Lyles swept the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the world championships in August. Richardson won 100m and 4x100m gold and 200m bronze at worlds, per Olympics.com. She was also named the 2023 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Female Athlete of the Year. Her coach, Dennis Mitchell, received recognition as the Coach of the Year, NBC News reports.
Richardson and Mitchell will be honored at the USATF Night of Legends on December 2 in Orlando, Florida.
Richardson is also one of 11 women nominated for the 2023 Women’s World Athlete of the Year award.
The World Athletes of the Year nominees were released last month, and the nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, one-day meeting circuits, Label road races, and other events around the world, per the organization’s website.
Honored to be winning my 3rd Jesse Owens US Athlete of the Year award! pic.twitter.com/wlro7lRMiR
— Noah Lyles, OLY (@LylesNoah) November 16, 2023
Richardson is being recognized for her standout performance at the World Athletic Championships, with gold in the 100 meter and bronze in the 200 meter.
Other nominees for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year Award include Shericka Jackson, Tigist Assefa, Femke Bol, Faith Kipyegon, Haruka Kitaguchi, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Maria Perez, Gudaf Tsegay, Yulimar Rojas, and Winfred Yavi. The winner will be announced on December 11th.
Meanwhile, we reported previously that a track in the Dallas school district has been named after Richardson.
The track is located one mile south of Carter High School, which she attended, NBC Sports reports.
The Dallas Independent School District board voted earlier this month to name the track at the Jesse Owens Athletic Complex’s John Kincaide Stadium as Sha’Carri Richardson Track.
According to the district website, naming the track after the athlete serves “as a tribute to Richardson’s remarkable achievements in sports and significant ties to the Dallas community.”
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