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Sha’Carri Richardson missed the Tokyo Olympics and didn’t qualify for the world championships, but she is still putting out incredible times.
The sprinting star posted a 10.57-second time in the 100 meters Saturday at the Miramar Invitational, a blazing time that easily won her the event.
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What a stunning run from Sha’Carri Richardson who lays down a huge marker in April with a time of 10.57 (4.1m/s) to win the Miramar Invitational 🔥🇺🇸
That converts to 10.77 with a legal wind 💥#WorldContinentalTour pic.twitter.com/7rSUZBH94i
According to Victoria Hernandez of USA Today: “Her time marks the third-fastest 100-meter finish in all-time conditions. Elaine Thompson-Herah ran a 10.54 in 1992, and Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the record with a 10.49 that she ran in 1959.”
Given the windy conditions, her time converts to a legal-wind time of 10.77 seconds.
Richardson has had her share of disappointments in recent years, but she’s clearly still gunning to compete at the Olympics a year from now.
“Paris 2024, history will be made,” she wrote in 2021 on Instagram, and on Saturday, those words were easier to believe.
