PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Sha'carri Richardson (3rd ) of Team United States leads in the Athletics Women's 100m Round 1 Heat 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/ …
DALLAS - Track star Sha’Carri Richardson won her first-ever race at the Olympics on Friday.
The 24-year-old Dallas native won her 100-meter qualifying race with a time of 10.94 seconds.
She will now move on to the semifinals.
If she advances, then she’ll go for the gold.
Richardson missed her opportunity to race in the Tokyo Olympics four years ago. She won the trials but was kept off the team after testing positive for marijuana.
Sha'Carri Richardson, the fastest woman alive, gets Dallas ISD track named after her
John Kincade Stadium officially named its track after Sha'Carri Richardson.
Last year, Richardson won a gold medal at the World Championships with a time of 10.65 seconds in the women's 100-meter. She’s favored to win gold in Paris.
Richardson ran track at David W. Carter High School, where she was an eight-time state champion.
John Kincade Stadium officially named its track after the world champion sprinter last November.
When is Sha'Carri Richardson's next race at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
- Saturday, Aug. 3 – Women’s 100m Semifinal and Final
- Thursday, Aug. 8 – Women’s 4x100m Relay Round 1
- Friday, Aug. 9 – Women’s 4x100m Relay Final