In round one, Sha'Carri Richardson comfortably won her heat of the women's 100 meters in 10.94.
Sha’Carri Richardson, the American sprint star who missed the 2021 Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, made her Olympic debut in Paris on August 2. She easily won her first-round heat of the 100 meters in 10.94, well ahead of the second-place finisher in her heat, Patrizia van der Weken of Luxembourg, who ran 11.14.Richardson will run the semifinals of the 100 on August 3 at 7:50 p.m. local time . The final is a couple of hours later, at 9:20 p.m. .
“That last 200, I have the energy I need, but if this doesn’t open up on the inside the way I want it to, I’m screwed,” he said. “Once it opened up, I was like, it’s fine. I can flow through.”Cole Hocker, 23, was also in a poor position with 250 meters to go, but thanks to his kick, he managed to finish second in his heat in 3:35.27. He got to “test his turnover” a little bit, but he was happy with his performance.
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