EUGENE, Ore. -- Sha'Carri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final Saturday at U.S. track trials in 10.71 seconds, the best time in the world this year.
Richardson started pounding her chest a few steps before she crossed the finish line, celebrating a .09-second win over training partner Melissa Jefferson, the 2022 U.S. champion. Another sprinter in coach Dennis Mitchell's camp, Twanisha Terry, finished third and also earned a spot on the women's 100-meter team.
Richardson, whose win at the 2021 Olympic trials was erased because of a positive test for marijuana, is the early favorite against Jefferson and what's expected to be a stacked field of Jamaicans beginning Aug.