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Pilates and Athletes in the Spotlight - Summer Olympics 2012

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Updated October 10, 2012

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Sanya Richards-Ross
Sanya Richards - Ross

Olympic sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross

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Sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross has gold medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Her events are the 200m and the 400M. She is on the track and field team for the 2012 summer Olympics as well.

Sanya has worked extensively with Pilates instructor Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle. In a comment here at pilates.about.com, Sanya wrote: "I’m so excited to have such an amazing instructor work with ME! I’ve learned so much from her and become a better athlete because of her wealth of knowledge. By empowering our feet to do what they were made to do, we find freedom to allow the rest of our body to be at its best!!!"

2012 Olympic Update: Sanya Richards-Ross won a gold medals in the 400 meter race and the 400 meter relay.

Profile of Sanya Richards-Ross
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