Track & Field Olympic Champion Sanya Richards Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell on behalf of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Richards is training to compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games taking place in August 2008. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Track & Field, take place June 27-July 6, 2008, in Eugene, Ore.

Richards was the 2006 IAAF World Athlete of the Year and Jesse Owens Award winner. In the 400 meters, she won the 2003 NCAA title; the U.S. Championships gold medal in 2003, 2005 and 2006; and the 2005 World Championships silver medal. In the 4x400 meter relay, she won gold at the 2004 Olympics, and the 2003 and 2007 World Championships.

About The United States Olympic Committee:

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole entity in the United States whose mission involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. In addition to being the steward of the U.S. Olympic Movement, the USOC is the moving force for support of sports in the United States that are on the program of the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games.

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