via Sports Illustrated: She did it. Nearly banging elbows with runners on both sides of her - and with the defending champion making up ground on the outside - Sanya Richards-Ross got stronger, not weaker, this time over the last 100 meters. She surged to the finish, won by about a body's length and punched her fist when she crossed the line in 49.55 seconds Sunday night to give the U.S. its first track and field gold medal of the London Olympics. "I just kept saying, 'You can do this, you can do this,"' Richards-Ross said. "I just dug really deep and I'm very happy." Continue reading about this HERE.

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