David K. Li is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Gabby Thomas beat Sha'Carri Richardson in the highly anticipated 200-meter final of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field. Thomas came in first with a time of 21.81 seconds. Richardson missed qualifying for the 200 meters by fractions of a second, but will still compete in the 100. Brittany Brown, who set a personal best, and McKenzie Long will also run the 200 in Paris. Long, whose mother died earlier this year, choked up after qualifiying for the race.
Saturday's action at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, will also include the men's 200-meter final and and feature world Nos. 1 and 2 Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek. Lyles took bronze and Bednarek silver at that distance in Tokyo. Lyles' time of 19.60 in Friday's seminal was a U.S. Olympic Trials record. “It felt really easy,” said Lyles, who has already qualified for the 100-meter in Paris. “I was very shocked to see that time pop up. I wasn't even really trying.
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