By Victor Kanayo
World champion, Sha’Carri Richardson, has won the 2024 US Olympics trial in the women’s 100m race.
Richardson also secured an Olympics place.
At 24, the sprint czar claimed victory in 10.71 seconds, a fastest time in the world this year at the end.
Richardson won the 100m at the US Olympic trials three years ago but did not compete at the Tokyo Games after testing positive for marijuana.
Slow out of the blocks, Richardson accelerated to take the lead about 50m before surging to victory, with Melissa Jefferson second in 10.80 and Twanisha Terry third in 10.89.
All three women are set to race for Team USA in Paris.
After crossing the finish line in a world-leading time, Richardson ran to hug her grandmother who watched on from the stands at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Richardson won gold at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest with a championship record of 10.65 to claim her first major title.
