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Sha'Carri Richardson had her career-defining moment at the 2023 World Championships where she won the 100m race in 10.65s, achieving a top speed of 21mph.
Richardson competed at her debut Olympic edition in Paris this year, vying for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay gold medals. In the 100m finals, she came out of the blocks slow and never recovered, while Saint Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred ran at a blistering speed of 10.72s to take victory. Richardson finished second with 10.87s.
After breaking the collegiate record in the 100m (10.75s) at the NCAA Division I Championships, Sha'Carri Richardson had a tough time in 2021, missing out on the Tokyo Olympics in the wake of a failed drug test. But she returned stronger at the 2023 World Championships and claimed the 100m win in 10.65s (top speed 21 mph), the fifth-fastest time in history. She equaled her Jamaican counterpart Shericka Jackson, who clocked 10.65s at the 2022 Jamaican National Championships.
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At the 2021 Nike Prefontaine Classic, Richardson lined up alongside top-tier 100m women athletes — Marie-Josée Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Shericka Jackon from Jamaica. Elaine Thompson-Herah achieved the top speed of 24.8 mph, the fastest among women in history.
Her time of 10.54s was just 0.05s behind the world record time of 10.49s, achieved by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
Sha'Carri Richardson worked religiously for Paris Olympics after the 2020 Olympics setback
After failing a drug test ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sha'Carri Richardson was determined to make her performances count in the next Olympic edition. At the 2024 US Olympic Trials, she finished on top of the podium, with her training mates Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry coming second and third, respectively.
She was overwhelmed to finally book the Olympic ticket after three years of working hard and growing a better understanding of her talent.
"In the past three years, I’ve grown a better understanding of myself, a deeper respect and appreciation for my gift that I have in the sport, as well as my responsibility to the people that believe in me and support me," she said (via Guardian).
Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shericka Jackson were also scheduled for the 100m ahead of the Games. But Thompson-Herah sat out due to an Achilles injury and Jackson decided to focus on 200m (she didn't participate in any race as per later updates).
