Her time of 10.71 seconds as she won the 100 meters showed she’s all grown up.
EUGENE, Ore. — Three years ago, after her first race at her first U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Sha’Carri Richardson dusted a field of sprinters older than her and declared, “.” She was 21. She ran wearing a Technicolor orange wig that resembled flames shooting off her head. She could not have known all that was rushing at her., squandered and seized. She came back already a world champion. She left with a ticket to the Paris Olympics, smiling and poised and fastest in the world.
On the second night of the trials, Ryan Crouser further solidified his standing as the greatest shot put thrower of all time with his seventh national championship and Noah Lyles made a statement in his 100-meter opener. But when Richardson steps on a track, it belongs to her.As she settled into the blocks for the final, Richardson stuck to her routine: She crossed her face, blew a kiss and looked to the sky.
Richardson had made a U.S. Olympic team before but had never been an Olympian. On the eve of the 2021 trials, a reporter revealed to Richardson that her biological mother had died. Richardson said she used marijuana to cope with the emotional fallout. Despite shifting attitudes in the United States, marijuana remains a banned substance under World Anti-Doping Agency code. When a drug test came back positive after her victory, the suspension kept her out of the Tokyo Games.Turmoil persisted.
Lyles will try to join Richardson as a fellow megawatt 100-meter champion Sunday night. He made his trials debut in the first round of the 100 meters and showcased his improved start, the ingredient that makes him a threat to win three gold medals in Paris. Lyles surged to the lead after 30 meters, and with 40 meters remaining he could slow down, cruise over the line and still win in 9.92.
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