U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson returned to the track over the weekend for the first time since a failed drug test led to her missing the Olympics. But the results were not what she had been hoping for. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.
Many of the world’s fastest athletes descend upon Eugene, Oregon, on Friday for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Over eight days, Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sha’Carri Richardson and other notable Americans will compete for a spot in the 2024 Paris Games. The top three finishers in most events will qualify for the Olympics. The marquee meets this weekend include the men’s and women’s 100-meter finals.
” Richardson ran her fastest 100-meter time at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August. Her 10.65 was just off the 10.49-second world record U.S. star Florence Griffith-Joyner set in 1988. Meanwhile, world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will aim to defend her 400-meter hurdles title. This week McLaughlin-Levrone confirmed to The Associated Press she won’t compete in the 400-meter and 200-meter flat events as originally planned, to focus on her “first love.
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