Salon.com > Mark Long http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 23:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Richards-Ross running in Rio? Check back in 2015 http://www.salon.com/2012/08/12/richards_ross_running_in_rio_check_back_in_2015/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/12/richards_ross_running_in_rio_check_back_in_2015/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:16:57 +0000 http://http://www.dev12.salon.com/2012/08/12/richards_ross_running_in_rio_check_back_in_2015/ LONDON (AP) — Wondering if Sanya Richards-Ross is coming back to the Olympics?

Check back in 2015.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, Richards-Ross said she wants to compete in Rio in 2016 but can't fully commit to anything until they get a little closer.

She plans to run the world championships next year, then take a year off before making a commitment.

Competing in her third Summer Games this year, the 27-year-old distance runner earned her first individual gold medal when she won the 400 meters last week. She added another gold in the 4x400-meter relay, giving her four golds and a bronze.

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