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American sprint queen Sha’Carri Richardson has opened up on the emotions that went through her mind before she gave her rivals a cheeky stare at the Paris Olympics.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s cheeky stare at her rivals as he finished her 4x100m relay race remains one of the most memorable moments at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The sprinter had anchored Team USA to victory but made sure she finished the race in style. The American quartet consisted of Twanisha Terry, Melissa Jefferson, Gabby Thomas and Richardson.
Terry started the race before Jefferson took over, handing the baton to Thomas, and after the third leg, Richardson was trusted to bring it home.
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She did just that and much more. With just 25 meters to go, Richardson had overcome runners from Great Britain and Germany, she glanced to her right and backward and gave them a cheeky look.
Eight more steps followed and on the ninth one, she slammed her left foot on the ground at the finish line and yelled in ecstasy, having won the race in 41.78 seconds, beating Britain to gold.
It was her first Olympics gold medal, having won silver in 100m, and the sprinter says it was a feeling of accomplishment given everything she had gone through in her career to make it to the Olympics.
“It was a phenomenal moment, and I honestly was honored just to do that, with ladies who trusted me to be their anchor and to help us all bring that gold back to the States,” Richardson told Essence.
“That energy just came from everything coming up until that final moment, that being the final race of my first Olympic Games. I felt like I was going to leave it all on the track— meaning my personality, how I was feeling, how I embraced the moment, as well as how I knew I’d fought to be in that moment too.
“I’m a very humble person. I really am. But I just know and trust the work that I have put in, the faith that I had.”
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Richardson and Thomas nearly cost Team USA the gold after almost fumbling their exchange in qualifying but they got in right in the final and reaped the rewards.
Thomas later admitted that the sprinters had never practiced the baton exchange owing to their tight schedules and the fact that they train at different camps.
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