Sanya Richards still in the running for million dollar prize after powerful 400m

With some athletes claiming tiredness and ducking races in Europe Sanya Richards is doing what she does best and showing no such fear of competition, recording great times and hitting the track.

Her determination is being rewarded as she is still in the hunt for the big money share after a very solid 400m win at the 31st Memorial Van Damme - IAAF Golden League in Brussels, Belgium on Friday September 14th, 2007 .

Sanya Richards sees her Golden money hopes very much alive by recording a world-leading 49.29 win in the women’s 400m.

US$ 1 million for 400m

The Van Damme meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Friday (14 Sep) and then the DKB-ISTAF Berlin meeting in Berlin, Germany on Sunday (16 Sep) will see the conclusion of the 2007 Golden League series.

Following the fourth meeting of the summer which took place in Zürich, last Friday the running for the jackpot is narrow. Partly as stars like Tyson Gay have claimed to be tired despite being able to run well in Osaka a few weeks earlier; Powell has come back up and is clearly on top of the world with his blistering 100. run that you can see at www.100m.com.

That leave Sanya Richards (USA) in the women’s 400m and Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) in the women’s Pole Vault left standing for a chance of the US$ One Million IAAF Golden League Jackpot.

They are the only athletes to have taken victories at all four meetings of 2007 - Oslo, Norway (15 Jun), Paris, France (6 Jul), Rome, Italy (13 Jul), Zürich, Switzerland (7 Sep).