'And I did it' — Sha'Carri Richardson opens up about her performance at the 2024 US Olympic trials

Olympic 4x100m relay champion has said she was confident of winning the US Track and Field trials for the Paris Olympics and her world-leading time of 10.71 seconds didn’t come as a surprise.

After missing a sport in the US team to the, Richardson faced a battle to earn a slot for the Paris edition considering the cut-throat competitive nature of the sprints-rich US.

Sha’Carri Richardson credits track and field for helping her break out of her shell, and embrace her unique personality on and off the track.

However, the Texas-born 24-year-old said her main aim was to deliver on track in order to debut  in the Olympics. «All I needed to do was execute. I knew I could do it, and I did it,» she told .

At the 2024 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Richardson defended her title in the women’s 100-meter sprint event, winning the final in 10.71 seconds in June, and qualifying for the Olympics in Paris.

World champion Sha'Carri Richardson is hard at work as she seeks redemption after losing to Julien Alfred. The Saint Lucian beat favorite Richardson to win the 100m title in Paris Olympics.

She did not qualify for the 200m, however, finishing fourth in the final of the qualifier. At the Olympics 100m, Richardson finished second behind Saint Lucia’s , who had a faster start out of the blocks and never relinquished her lead. 

With athletics currently at the break, Richardson has been hard at work fine-tuning preparations ahead of the 2025 season that is expected to kick off early next year.

Recently, she was spotted doing gym sessions alongside and Bayern Munich dazzling winger Kingsley Coleman.