No redemption for Sha’Carri Richardson
Fred Jeter | 8/26/2021, 6 p.m.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s redemption race didn’t go as planned.
The American sprinter, who was denied the opportunity to race in the Olympics, finished ninth in a field of nine runners in the 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic last Saturday in Eugene, Ore.
Following her loss, Richardson then withdrew from the 200-meter competition.
The 100-meter winner was Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah in 10.54 seconds, followed by Jamaican teammates Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson. The same trio won gold, silver and bronze, respectively, at the Tokyo Olympics.
Richardson trailed the field in 11.14.
Thompson-Herah’s time was the second fastest in history, behind only the 10.49 posted by the late Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.
Racing on that same Hayward Field track in Oregon in July, Richardson won the U.S. Olympic Trials in convincing fashion. She later was disqualified from Olympic competition for testing positive for marijuana.
The Prefontaine men’s 100 champ was Canadian Andre De Grasse in 9.74. He was followed by Americans Fred Kerley (9.78), Ronnie Baker (9.82) and Trayvon Bromell (9.86).
