What Destroyed Sha’Carri Richardson in the Olympic 100-Meter Final…

Sha’Carri Richardson’s sluggish start in the 100-meter final cost her the gold, to the point where it was an accomplishment for her to medal at all.It takes 221 seconds to exit the blocks.

Richardson had to spend the entire race trying to catch up to eventual winner Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, whose response time was the slowest of the eight competitors.

She did, in the end, pass six other sprinters, but not Alfred, who easily won the island nation’s first medal by the widest margin in the competition since 2008. Alfred won by a whopping.15 seconds.

Sha’Carri Richardson, the dynamic sprinter who took the world by storm with her electrifying speed and bold personality, faced a devastating moment in the Olympic 100-meter final. Despite being one of the favorites to clinch the gold, Richardson’s performance fell