SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON BREEZES INTO 100M SEMIS
American track star Sha’Carri Richardson announced herself on the Olympic stage with a 10.94 to reach the women’s 100m semi-finals at Paris 2024.
The reigning 100m world champion is making her Olympic debut at 24 and carries the tag of favourite ahead of Saturday’s final.
Richardson is the fastest woman this year, having posted a 10.71 in June, and on Friday (2 August) she advanced to the semi-finals after comfortably winning her Round One heat at the Stade de France.
Her time of 10.94 was the fourth fastest overall, with Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith setting the pace with a 10.87 ahead of sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and British hope Daryll Neita (both 10.92).
The women’s 100m semi-final takes place at 19:50 local time on Saturday, with the final taking place later that night at 21:20, where Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce could be among the sprinters aiming to shock Richardson.
