Sha’Carri Richardson is the reigning world 100m champion
Sprint queen Sha’Carri Richardson has signed with ATHLOS ahead of record-breaking meet in October.
World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson has been announced as the latest sprint queen to headline ATHLOS meet in New York, joining Paris Olympics triple gold medallist Gabby Thomas as two of the main headliners.
The announcement was shared on all ATHLOS social media platforms in partnership with Richardson, using the theme on ‘Time’.
The women’s-only track day meet started by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, successfully debuted on September 26, 2024, at the Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York City, and featured some of the fastest women in the world including Olympic champions and World Record holders.
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With an offer of the largest-ever purse for a women-only competition of $60,000 for each race winner, the organizers modernized the sport by combining “competition with entertainment, including a performance by top musician Megan Thee Stallion after the last race, that drew “near-universal praise” from participants and fans globally.
Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith, Gabby Thomas and Faith Kipyegon competed at Athlos first edition.
In addition, the meet also broke the record of viewership for women’s sports across all social media platforms, garnering 3 million views, which smashed the record-breaking viewership of Caitlyn Clark’s WNBA debut for Indiana Fever, watched by 2.1 million viewers.
Thomas starred as the face of the first edition, but will now have Richardson this year, as well as Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall.
Venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian is the main sponsor of the ATHLOS track meet
Meanwhile, new developments indicate that Richardson, Thomas, and Davis-Woodhall will serve as advisor-owners in an expansion to a team-based women’s track and field league with multiple meets in 2026.
According to CitiusMag, ATHLOS will shift to a team-based model “designed for and by athletes, tailored to a modern fanbase” and will have multiple meets in different cities + a final championship event after the conclusion of the World Athletics season.
The 2026 season will end with the World Athletics Ultimate Championships on Sept. 11-13th in Budapest.
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