Track sensation Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States is without a doubt one of the brightest stars of the 2024 Olympics.
Richardson had never competed in an Olympics before, but her quick ascent and subsequent fall from glory before the 2021 Games had many question if she would be able to regain her form and win gold again in 2024.
It’s possible that Richardson missed out on making the Olympic 200-meter squad. She did, however, qualify for the 100-meter event, and if her results from the U.S. Olympic Trials are any guide, she should have a good chance of placing in the top three in Paris.
Or is she going to? Even though Richardson has a quick speed, does that mean she poses a threat to Jamaica or any other elite runners globally? This is Richardson’s 100-meter personal best time and how it stacks up against the other elite runners competing in the Olympics this year.
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Best times of Sha’Carri Richardson: Richardson ran the 100 meters in 10.71 seconds during the trials to earn a spot on the American Olympic Team. Richardson’s quickest time in that event is not that, though. Richardson’s best time, recorded at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, is 10.65 seconds.
Even though it is quite quick, that isn’t a world record. Another American sprinter, Florence Griffith-Joyner, holds the world record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.49 in 1988. However, there is debate over this record.
Richardson’s time would not be the fastest even if this record were not officially acknowledged, which it is. Elaine Thompson-Herah, a Jamaican sprinter, set the record on August 21, 2021, with a time of 10.54.
What is Richardson’s time in relation to the other Olympians for 2024?
Right now, Richardson is the favourite to win the gold medal in Paris. Her second-best time of 10.65 is currently tied for the fifth-fastest 100-meter sprint in history. Legendary sprinters Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson are just behind Richardson. Jackson’s primary event is the 200 meters, though she has previously run a 10.65 in the 100. Richardson will probably be able to win since she will be focussing just on the 100-meter.
Fraser-Pryce will be competing in his sixth Olympics. Her age is thirty-seven. Though not as quickly as she once was, she is still incredibly speedy. The incredible 10.60 seconds set by Fraser-Pryce’s fastest time occurred in 2021.
When the 100-meter finals go place on August 3, she very well might win gold, but it would probably take both Richardson and Jackson to run quite poorly for her to succeed.
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