Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian recently shared the possible reason behind track superstars such as Sha’Carri Richardson not competing in his inaugural Athlos meet. This comes nearly two weeks after the successful conclusion of the meet at the Icahn Stadium, in New York.
The Athlos NYC 2024 meet saw numerous Olympic superstars such as Gabby Thomas, Faith Kipyegon, and Masai Russell compete in various events of the competition and win lucrative prize money. However, numerous other renowned track athletes such as Richardson, and Julien Alfred skipped the women-only meet.

Ohanian recently shed light on this issue, saying that the Paris Olympics played a major role in this decision of the athletes. Speaking during Justin Gatlin’s Ready Set Go podcast, Ohanian added that he is a big admirer of sha Carri Richard and was touched by the energy of the track athlete.

Sha’Carri Richardson’s season came to an end at the Diamond League final in Brussels in 2024, almost two weeks prior to Ohanian’s match. Following her Olympic campaign in Paris, the Texas native only participated in two Diamond League events, one each in Zurich and Brussels.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, recently discussed the prospect of oval tracks during his first Athlos NYC 2024 meet.