Sha'Carri Richardson ready to make Team USA for Paris Olympics 2024 after dominant win at Prefontaine Classic

Two-time World Championship gold medalist, Sha'Carri Richardson has opened up about her aspiration of making it to the US team for the upcoming Paris Olympics. This comes just after her superb performance at the recently concluded Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Park.

Richardson produced a blistering performance in the Women's 100m event to race past the finishing line in all of 10.83 seconds, just 0.18 seconds more than her personal best, which she registered in Budapest last year. This was the Texas native's first 100m race of the season, and she didn't disappoint her supporters as she clinched the gold medal in Hayward Park.

She finished just above the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships gold medalist (60m), Julien Alfred, who registered a run time of 10.93 seconds. Meanwhile, British sprinter, Dina Asher-Smith clinched the third position, having completed the race in 10.98 seconds.

After the event, Richardson caught up with USA Sports Today for an interview during which she was asked about her plans for the remaining season. Replying to this, the 24-year-old said: (Via usatoday.com)

"“I’m excited, I’m eager going into the rest of this season, I’m growing, developing and just getting ready to make that USA Team."

However, to book a berth for her first-ever Olympics, she will need to be at the top of her form at the US Track and Field trials scheduled for next month, which will also include some of the most prolific sprinters from all over America.

Richardson's performance at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meet would have done her a world of good considering the sloppy performances that she had produced earlier this season.

Sha'Carri Richardson gets the better of Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2024 Prefontaine Meet

Sha'carri Richardson

At the start of the Prefontaine Diamond League Meet 2024, the major talking point among the fans was the Women's 100m clash between two highly talented and skilled women athletes, Sha'Carri Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah.

However, the fight did not even come close as Richardson took first place on the podium and Thompson-Herah, the five-time Olympic gold medalist, was unable to even place in the top five.

The Jamaican managed a ninth-place finish in the event with a run time of 11.30 seconds in her first competitive race since last year.