The reigning world 100m champion will obtain fairness in a team-based ATHLOS Observe & Subject League debuting in 2026
Sha’Carri Richardson has joined ATHLOS and, alongside Gabby Thomas and Tara Davis-Woodhall, will likely be advisor-owners in a model new girls’s-only observe and discipline league.
Going down after the conclusion of the 2026 World Athletics season, ATHLOS – created by the co-founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian – will characteristic a number of meets hosted in main cities, culminating in a remaining championship occasion.
Meaning the league will happen after the inaugural World Athletics Final Championships, which will likely be held in Budapest from September 11-13, 2026.
With Richardson, who backed up her world 100m title from two years in the past with an Olympic silver within the occasion final summer season, having a stake in ATHLOS, she’s going to little question be one of many faces of the brand new league subsequent season.
“I’ve at all times believed that my journey was making ready me for one thing larger than myself,” stated Richardson. “With ATHLOS, I get to assist form the way forward for a sport that’s given me a lot. It’s not nearly operating; it’s about constructing one thing that lasts for the subsequent technology.”
ATHLOS is about to return to the Icahn Stadium in New York Metropolis on October 10 this yr – for the second season operating – with 42 athletes competing throughout six observe occasions and one discipline occasion.
A complete of 36 athletes – throughout 100m, 200m, 400m, 100m hurdles, 800m, and 1500m – raced in opposition to one another for the primary prize of $60,000 eventually season’s version. Brittany Brown took house a staggering $85,000 by ending first within the 200m and putting second over 100m.
“Gabby, Sha’Carri, and Tara symbolize a brand new technology of athletes who’ve put this sport on their shoulders and need to be compensated for being the standard-bearers,” stated Ohanian. “We have been centered on bringing them into the league as founding house owners to make sure we’re constructing a league that our athletes will love.”
Extra bulletins concerning the new league will likely be unveiled by ATHLOS all through the summer season.
