Announcement ‘ Sha’Carri Richardson in Olympics 100M fans….’
World 100 meters champion, Sha’Carri Richardson earned a chance for Olympic redemption after winning the 100 at the US athletics trials on Saturday, booking her ticket to the Paris Games.
Three years after a positive saw her kicked off the US team for the Tokyo Olympics, Richardson captured the women’s 100 final in 10.71sec with Melissa Jefferson second in 10.80 and Twanisha Terry third in 10.89.
Richardson was behind at the start but surged to the lead in the middle and crossed the finish line in this year’s world-best time with a wind of 0.8m/sec.
“I feel honored,” Richardson said. “I feel every chapter I’ve been through in my life designed and prepared me for this moment.
Plans to revive her career at the 2022 World Championships failed when she bombed out of the US trials.
Richardson, however, roared back into form in 2023 with a thrilling 100m triumph at the World Championships in , taking the crown in a championship record of 10.65secs.
This year, Richardson won her only prior 100m at May’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene in 10. will race in the women’s 100m and 200m at her third Diamond League Final, attempting the sprint double to end the season on a high.
World champion Richardson has had a productive and dominant season which culminated with running the second-fastest time ever in the 100m at the US Track and Field trials.
The American was unbeaten over the 100m going into Paris 2024 and was disappointed at won by Saint Lucia’s
Despite winning the Olympic 4x100m relay title, the 24-year-old went back to the drawing board with a strong finish in mind, and coming back next year ready to defend her world title.
Richardson will bring her season to a close in Brussels, first lining up for the women’s 100m on Friday (13 September) that will also feature the reigning Olympic champion Alfred, whom she defeated at their first post Paris race in Zurich last month.
Paris Olympians including the British duo of 2019 world champion and plus Cote d’Ivoire’s are also listed to compete in the shortest track event at the Memorial Van Damme meeting.
A day later, Richardson will return for the 200m Diamond League race, when she will again face Neita, Ta Lou-Smith, and American Olympic bronze medallist Brittany Brown.
You can find the sprint star’s full Diamond League Final schedule
Despite her mixed season and two major losses, track legend Justin Gatlin and co-host Rodney Green on the believe Richardson still has potential for improvement.
“With a coach like Flo (Edrick Floreal, Alfred’s coach), Flo don’t like to lose but the same thing over there in the Claremont camp at Star Athletics, you got the silver medalist (Richardson) and the bronze medalist (Melissa Jefferson) who train together so now whatever things they left on the table in the 2024 season now they have the opportunity to get back out there and make things happen,” said Gatlin.
“I still think we haven’t seen the full potential of Sha’Carri Richardson. I mean even being that Julien Alfred ran 10.72, we’ve seen Sha’Carri run times that are faster than that whether it be her slowing down or waving hands,” said Green.
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