() – Sha’Carri Richardson qualified for her first Olympic Games after winning the 100-meter dash final this Saturday at the Olympic trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Richardson finished in first place with a time of 10.71 – the fastest 100m time in the world this year – to book his spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics with the United States Olympic team.
The 24-year-old sprinter advanced to the semifinals on Friday after finishing in first place, despite stumbling at the start and having to finish the race with an untied shoe. In the semifinal heat, the Texan finished with a time of 10.86 seconds to advance to Saturday’s final.
Richardson’s training partner Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry also qualified for the Paris Olympics after finishing second and third, respectively.
In 2021, Richardson was expected to be one of the big attractions at the Tokyo Olympics after winning the women’s 100-meter dash at the United States trials, but she did not compete after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for THC, a chemical substance found in marijuana.
Richardson is coming off a historic year in 2023, in which she won the women’s 100 meters with a record time of 10.65 at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The American sprinter followed that race by winning bronze in the 200 meters, placing herself behind Jamaican Shericka Jackson and her compatriot Gabby Thomas. Richardson advertisement
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