Sha’Carri Richardson is heading to the 2024 Paris Olympics after winning the 100m final on June 22.
CNN reports that she took first place at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, officially securing her spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
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Sha’Carri qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Not only did your girl win, but the 24-year-old had the fastest 100m time in the world this year – 10.71. The athletics star’s training partners also qualified for Paris Olympics. Melissa Jefferson and Tanisha Terry finished in second and third place.
During Sha’Carri’s semi-final race on Friday, June 21, her start was a little slow and shaky, but that didn’t stop her from overtaking the other runners. Furthermore, she won first place with an untied shoelace. Richardson clocked a time of 10.86 to qualify for Saturday’s competition.
She said USA TODAY, “This time, I feel like I’m more — definitely still confident, still my exciting, normal self, but more so with an overwhelming sense of joy.”
She continued claiming victory “confirmed the year we are training. We are preparing for this moment; It’s a full circle moment.”
She shared that she was “Grateful and appreciative, and I’m super excited to grow and build on this momentum we’ve already established. It’s beyond exciting to continue moving forward with my girls. We didn’t warn the world, the world already knew… We knew this moment could be possible if we put our minds, body and spirit into it.”
Sha’Carri’s victory follows a remarkable year in 2023, when she broke the women’s 100 meters record with a time of 10.65 at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In addition, she won the bronze medal in the 200 meter race and the second gold in the American 4X100 relay.
As previously reported by The Shadow Room, she was disqualified from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Sha’Carri’s return is definitely one for the record books! Congratulations girl!
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