"Sha'Carri Richardson was strangely off her game today"- Fans react as American finishes 8th after running her slowest race since 2022 at Brussels DL

Sha'Carri Richardson crashed out of the podium positions and finished eighth at the Brussels Diamond League Finals in the women's 100m. Paris Olympics gold medalist Julien Alfred put forward a dominant performance by clocking 10.88s to clinch the title.

Richardson returned to the track after the Paris Olympics at the Zurich Diamond League and defeated the Olympic Champion, Julien Alfred after clocking 10.84s. However, the American athlete could not maintain her form in her next Brussels Diamond League Finals race.

After having a slow start, Sha'Carri Richardson could not catch up in the drive phase of the race and ultimately finished eighth with a performance of 11.23s, thereby clocking her slowest time in a professional race since 2022. Fans took to X to express their thoughts on the American athlete's performance.

"A good confirmation of her Olympics performance. Richardson was strangely off her game today," wrote a fan.

" One could say in the "olympic" rematch, Julien Alfred is crowned the winner again 😅," another fan said.

"Richardson is one of the worst 100m sprint starters, she has the fastest speed but she starts poorly,she needs to work on that technicality," another fan chimed in.

Here are some more fan reactions:

"People expect their favorite athlete to win every single race. When im sports win or lose its a holistic thing.... To be lined up on DL you already great... To finish healthy even better... Athletes get soo much pressure from ppl on their phones," wrote a fan.

" Sha’Carri is a weird weird sprinter…. One day she can make me think she can run a 10.5 and the next day she will look like a complete Novice," a fan tweeted.'

" Sha’Carri Richardson quickly distanced, gave up in the last few meters, and finished 8th Alfred reclaims her throne!" another fan chimed in.

Sha'Carri Richardson on running races in fully packed stadiums

The Olympic Games-Paris 2024 - Source: Getty

Sha'Carri Richardson spoke about handling the nerves of running races in fully packed stadiums and revealed how it gets tense leading up to the start after the crowd becomes quiet.

"It be so tense back there, everybody has to be so quiet and just so serious. I just be like y’all, like yes we gonna race each other, yes we gonna do what we do regardless but still relax, whoosah!" she said

Richardson will be in action in the women's 200m at the Brussels Diamond League finals scheduled on September 14, 2024.