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Sha'carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas, two of America's best-known sprinters, will face off Saturday in Oregon in the highly anticipated 200-meter final of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field. No one was close to Richardson in her semifinals heat Friday. She equaled her personal best at 21.92 seconds. Then Thomas, who ran in a different heat than Richardson, upped the ante with a blazing 21.78, the world's best for 2024.
Earlier this week, Richardson was victorious in the 100, punching her ticket to Paris as she seeks the crown of 'fastest woman in the world.' Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET. Richardson, a Dallas native and LSU alum, tested positive for THC after qualifying for the Tokyo Games and missed out on competing.
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