Paris, 2024. Summer Olympics. 100 meters. Sha’carri Richardson is in for 2021 redemption. 3…2…1 and off they go, racing down the track, leaving nothing but smoke trails behind. A race that even 16-time Grammy award winner Adele paused her live performance for. Alas, Richardson’s fate had other plans. Julien Alfred emerged victorious with a time of 10.72 seconds, 15 hundredths ahead of Richardson. The round 2 of this rivalry took place that very year.
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September 5, 2024, Switzerland, the Diamond League 100m final. Once again, the timer hits zero, and off they go. Sha’carri once again got silver, but this time, she had a smirk on her face. Richardson clocked in at 10.84 seconds on the wet track in Zurich, four-hundredths ahead of Alfred. And now – Drum roll please – round three of this rivalry has just been announced. April 5, 2024 – 100m Gold Medalist vs 2024 100m Silver Medalist.
Sha’carri Richardson and Julien Alfred are all set to meet in the Miramar Invitational 2025. The Olympics headlined on March 31st, 2025, “Olympic champions Sha’Carri Richardson, Julien Alfred, and Shericka Jackson to feature at Miramar Invitational 2025.” Though Shreicka Jackson pulled out of the 2024 Olympics because of her injury, but she did get an Olympic gold sprint relay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That still checks out.
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Popular track and field media personality, RaesTake reacted to the news. He said, “This should be interesting this weekend. In these type of races the clock doesn’t matter…who gone win is all I want to see 😂!”. And can you disagree with him? The Texas native’s best 100m time is 10.65 seconds tied alongside with that of Jackson as the fifth fastest. Alfred’s made best time in the 100m dash at the Olympics when she clocked 10.72. But who else is also gonna be at the meet?
As of now, Kishane Thompson, Steven Gardiner, Tajay Gayle, Danniel Dodd-Thomas, and Rasheed Broadbell are going to race in Florida. But it is the trinity of the speed demons that is making the headlines and bringing quite a reaction frenzy from the fans.
Fans react to Sha’carri Richardson and Co. racing in Florida
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Now the dates of the Grand Slam Track and the Miramar Invitational collide. GST is set to begin on April 4th and continue till the 6th while the race in Florida commences on April 5. The presence of Richardson, Alfred, and Jackson is the deciding factor or the winning recipe here. Some fans said, “I can’t lie. I’m exciting off grand slam to watch this 😂😭🤣” Michael Johnson ain’t gonna like that for sure. He might like what this other fan thought out, they commented, “Damn, wish
Fans wanted Johnson to make this race happen in GST. Fans have also started to pick sides, with one going, “Let’s go Carri!!”. Though some are skeptical that they might even back out. Now track and field athletes are notoriously known for pulling out of the races for injury reasons. Or they believe that the event might not be worth the effort. This was pretty evident in the reaction. “Someone will likely dodge that smoke 💨” commented a fan with a gif of a fired bullet projection slo-mo .
Another one was almost too sure of it. Their comment read, “Here’s the real question? Who’s gonna drop out? Although females tend to step up. They like to battle.” Well, at least someone understands feminism. Personally, we don’t have any preference or gender bias. We’re rather rest assured, so much to speculate which of them would win? Let us know in the comments.
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