Pearson and Taylor announced as ambassadors for WCH Tokyo 25
Sally Pearson and Christian Taylor have been announced as World Athletics ambassadors for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, with two months to go until the 20th edition of the global showpiece in Japan.
Australia’s Pearson and USA’s Taylor have claimed a sensational six World Championships titles between them, and they will both be in Tokyo to see the sport’s current stars go for gold medals of their own during nine days of action from 13-21 September.
It was in Japan that Pearson made her individual World Championships debut, reaching the semifinals of both the 100m and the 100m hurdles at the 2007 edition in Osaka. She had formed part of Australia’s 4x100m squad as a 16-year-old at the World Championships in Paris four years earlier.
She went on to win two world 1...