Sha’Carri Richardson had created some chaos in the track and field world. She initially made headlines for announcing she wouldn’t compete in the 100m and 200m at the USATF Championships. However, she later updated officials, stating she would race in the 200m heats. Richardson, the reigning 100m champion, already had a bye to Tokyo for that event, having run a season-best 11.07s in the preliminary round. But her final decision to race in the 200m was good news for those who hoped to see her get the double. Well, this hope died today, and how…
The 2023 100m World Champion lined up in the second heat of the 200m at the USATF Championships today, and the result is not what the fans expected. Starting from lane 7, she went up against the likes of Madison Whyte, McKenzie Long, etc. When the bullet went off, the commentator did point out that Sha’carri was quick out of the blocks, a problem she had been trying to counter, but the rest of the race did not sit well.
From the very beginning, it looked like she would not get the 1st position as long made a long distance from her, and even when she hit the curve, the second seemed out of sight too. But for the third spot on the podium, she fought. Madison Whyte and Sha’Carri Richardson locked in an intense battle on the field for that third spot, and only a person with a bird’s-eye view could have told who was first across the finish line. If that person was a Richardson fan, well, bad news. Sha’Carri finished fourth with a time of 22.56 seconds. Whyte (22.55) was third, while McKenzie Long (22.12) and Deajah Stevens (22.37) qualified for the finals.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden runs fastest qualifying time for 200m final and Sha’Carri Richardson misses out by one place and .01s after finishing behind Madison Whyte in her heat. #USATFOutdoors pic.twitter.com/s5BfSpDmuW
— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) August 3, 2025
The 100 Olympic silver medalist did not even qualify from her time, as it ranked 9th among all the competitors across all three heats. What this means is that Sha’Carri Richardson has failed to secure a podium finish in the 200m since the finals of the 2023 Budapest championships in any big event like the World Championships or Olympics or even the trials for them. In the 200m finals of the 2023 World Championships, she had clocked a time of 21.92 seconds to finish third behind Gabby Thomas (21.81s) and Shericka Jackson (21.41s).
In the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last year, she failed to win the gold, recording a time of 22.16s for a fourth place behind Gabby Thomas (21.81s), Brittany Brown (21.90s), and McKenzie Long (21.91s).
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