Alfred beat Richardson by .15 seconds, making it the biggest margin in the women’s Olympic 100-metre race since 2008
Julien Alfred, of Saint Lucia, finishes ahead of Sha'carri Richardson, of the United States, left, during a women's 100-metre semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-metre title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia.
All week long, the field seemed to be clearing for Richardson, the reigning world champion who was making her Olympic debut after a positive test for marijuana cost her a chance to race three years ago in Tokyo. Alfred won that race by .05, then lined up next to Richardson again for the final and tripled that margin.Alfred had two steps on the entire field at the 40-meter mark, while Richardson, whose starts have been an issue at times this summer, laboured to get to full speed.
America’s lone gold medal of the day came from Ryan Crouser, who earned a three-peat in the shot put. Another American silver went to the 4x400 mixed relay team, which got reeled in by Femke Bol of the Netherlands in the anchor lap.
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