In their first race since the Olympics, Sha’Carri Richardson defeated Julien Alfred in the final steps to win the 100 metres at a Diamond League competition in Zurich, Switzerland.
On a wet track, Richardson, the Olympic silver medallist in the 100 metres, ran 10.84 seconds, four hundredths faster than Saint Lucian Alfred, the Olympic gold medallist.
Richardson remarked, “I think this is the funniest race I’ve had all season.” “After the Games, I took some time to recover, reorganise, and be ready to show you guys the Sha’Carri Richardson, you know.”
Alfred won in 10.72 at the Paris Games, beating Richardson’s time of 10.87 on August. Richardson’s time from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, 10.71, is the best in the world.
Grant Holloway broke his record with 1996 Olympic gold medallist Allen Johnson for the most sub-13-second races in history on Thursday when he won the 110-meter hurdles in 12.99 seconds. Johnson and Holloway had previously tied at 11 going under-13.
Olympic bronze medallist Yared Nuguse defeated Tokyo Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the final 100 metres to win the men’s 1500-meter race in 3:29.21. Olympic champion Cole Hocker of Paris finished ahead of Ingebrigtsen with a time of 3:29.52 (3:30.46).
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana defeated American Kenny Bednarek in the men’s 200 metres (19.55 to 19.57), matching their Olympic one-two. Bednarek took two hundredths off his personal record.
The women’s 5000m was won by Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in 14:09.52, the seventh-fastest time in history.
Ryan Crouser threw a shot put of 22.66 metres, his best since taking home the gold in the Olympics three times in a row, to win the second consecutive Diamond League shot put competition. Crouser aims to win his second Diamond League season title next week.
