Top US 200-Meter Runners Cruise Through Early Rounds at Olympic Track Trials

Top US 200-Meter Runners Cruise Through Early Rounds at Olympic Track Trials
Sha'Carri Richardson wins a women's 200 meters heat at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., on June 27, 2024. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
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EUGENE, Ore.—Sha'Carri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials.

At this year’s trials, even in the opening round of what’s really her second-best race, she flashed another glimpse of the kind of sprinter who has emerged from all that trouble three years ago.