Salwa Eid Naser joins Serena Williams' husband's newly launched female-exclusive track league Athlos NYC after Paris Olympics 2024 exploits

Salwa Eid Naser has recently been announced as one of the athletes of the Athlos NYC league launched by Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian. The 2019 world champion is slated to feature in the women’s 400m at the meet, scheduled later this month on September 26 at the Icahn Stadium in New York City.

Born in Nigeria, Naser represents Bahrain in international track and field competitions. She recently bagged the silver medal in the women’s 400m at the 2024 Paris Olympics by recording a season-best time of 48.53, finishing only behind Marileidy Paulino who achieved an Olympic record of 48.17s.

Following her impressive show at the quadrennial games, Athlos NYC revealed on their X (previously Twitter) that Salwa Eid Naser will be featuring in the event’s inaugural season, captioning the tweet:

“Announcing *world champion* @salwaeidnaser1 as our next ATHLOS trailblazer 🔥Salwa will be competing in the ATHLOS 400m — meet her at the finish line.”

With this, Salwa Eid Naser joins an elite list of athletes at the Athlos NYC including Olympic medalists Gabby Thomas, Faith Kipyegon, Paulino, and Kendra Harrison. Some other confirmed list of athletes who are a part of the competition are Alexis Holmes, Torrie Lewis, Lieke Klaver, Annie Tagoe, and Alaysha Johnson.

Notably, Athlos NYC is an event exclusively for female athletes, featuring only track events like the 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, and 100m hurdles, among others. The event will witness American popular singer and rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, performing during the opening ceremony of the league.

In addition, the league will be offering cash prizes to the top six athletes in each category. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-placed athletes will be awarded $60K, $25K, $10K, $8K, $5K, and $2.5K, respectively.

A look into Salwa Eid Naser’s other top accomplishments

Salwa Eid Naser at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. (Photo By Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Besides being an Olympic silver medalist, Salwa Eid Naser is a three-time medalist at the World Athletics Championships, including a gold in 2019, a silver in 2017 in the 400m, and a bronze in 2019 in the 4x400m mixed relay.

She has won the Diamond League twice in 2018 and 2019. Naser is a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Games and the Asian Championships. She became a youth world champion in the 400m in 2015 and was a youth Olympic Games silver medalist in 2014.

Notably, Naser switched her allegiance to Bahrain from Nigeria after her family relocated to the country when she was 14 years old.