Osaka 2007: This, This is Sanya Richards!

I grew up in segregation: every school that I attended my 12 years of public education was at least 99.95% Black. So, all Black people do not look alike to me.

Yes! Sanya Richards anchored USA's 4x400 gold medal winning team on October 2, 2007, day 9 of Osaka

Sanya Richards anchored the four by four hundred team

Oh yeah! Sanya Richards anchored the 4x400 relay

Sanya Richards, anchoring the 4x400 relay team from the USA, receives the baton from team member Mary Wineberg

USA's 4x400 relay team, from left, DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards, Angelo Taylor and Allyson Felix

USA's 4x400 relay team, from left again, DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards, Mary Wineberg and Allyson Felix

USA's 4x400 relay team: Allyson Felix, DeeDee Trotter, Mary Wineberg and Sanya Richards

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Sanya was golden in the 400 meters at the Golden League final in Berlin and the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart (above), both also during the month of September

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