Hometown hero and track and field phenom Sha’Carri Richardson easily won her first Olympic race on Friday, blowing away the competition and advancing to the semifinals in the women’s 100m.
“To be at the Olympics is a phenomenal feeling,” she said after the race, according to NBC 5 DFW. “I’m eager and excited
As previously relayed by The Dallas Express, Richardson, 23, won the 100m in the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
She would have made her Olympic debut in 2022, except that she was disqualified for testing positive for THC after making the Olympic team.
Nevertheless, all eyes around here have been on the DFW local who graduated from David Wendel Carter High School in Oak Cliff.
Sha’Carri Richardson blazed through a no-fuss opening round in the 100 meters Friday, winning her first-ever Olympic race at the Paris Games in 10.94 seconds to easily qualify for the semifinals.
The American captured the first of eight first-round races on the opening day of track action at a jam-packed Stade de France.
Unlike Olympic trials earlier this month, Richardson got off to a nice start, kicked into overdrive and cruised into the finish, tapping her chest with her hands as she crossed the line.
She’ll race in the semifinals on Saturday at 1:50 p.m. ET, and if she advances there, she’ll go for gold a few hours later. Richardson also plans to run in the 200-meter race and in the 4×100-meter relay.
“To be at the Olympics is a phenomenal feeling,” she said after her race. “I’m eager and excited.
Richardson said last year’s worlds competition was like a “mini Olympics” and prepared her for this moment.
