Sha’Carri Richardson saves the US women's relay team to overcome Germany and advance to the gold-medal race at the 2024 Olympics.
Richardson was about three steps behind Germany after receiving the baton from Gabby Thomas but overcame the deficit on an amazing anchor leg bailed out the U.S. women out from a near collapse Thursday in the Olympic 4x100-meter relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg to help the Americans win their heat and move to the gold-medal race., advanced easily despite a small hiccup.
The men’s team cruised to a win in 37.47 seconds despite an awkward first exchange. Christian Coleman handed off to Fred Kerley with his right hand, while grabbing Kerley’s wrist with his left to make sure the stick was secure. Kerley, Kyree King and Courtney Lindsey sped off with the win from there, and the U.S. beat South Africa by nearly half a second. Two of the country’s best sprinters, Jamaica, which won all three Olympic relays when Usain Bolt was in the mix, looked like a much different team this time. A bad first exchange put them behind, and when 100-meter silver medalist Kishane Thompson took off too fast and had to slow down to receive the stick for the anchor lap, Jamaica was cooked.
Thompson crossed the line fourth, leaving Jamaica’s women with the only chance in the 4x100m to add to the country’s lone sprint medal so far in Paris. None of that Jamaica's best women's sprinters over the past decade — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson or Elaine Thompson-Herah — were on the team that finished third in its heat.
No team came into the qualifying race with a more loaded lineup that the U.S. women, but it all nearly cratered when Thomas took off early on the third leg, then had to slow down to receive the baton from Terry.Both sprinters appeared to have their hand on the baton as Thomas crossed over the yellow line marking the end of the passing zone, which would make it a legal pass.
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