Ever since she dominated her signature race at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, only to have her breakthrough victory wiped out because of a positive marijuana test, Sha’Carri Richardson had worked toward this moment.
America’s best-known sprinting star knelt in the starting blocks, a look of determination etched across her face. The second chance that she had craved for three long years was finally here. Redemption was just a single 100-meter sprint away.
When the starter’s pistol fired, Richardson seized the moment and secured her spot at next month's Paris Olympics. She blew past the rest of the women’s 100 meters field at the U.