It wasn’t Sha’Carri Richardson‘s night time.

Followers might see it written on her face as she walked into the Stade de France because the stadium erupted on the sight of her, however the persistent rain that was falling felt ominous for the American athletics star.

The Olympics pit the very best of the very best in opposition to each other on the globe’s largest of levels, and Saturday night time (3 August) on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024, Richardson was bested by a quiet pressure from Saint Lucia, Julien Alfred.

Richardson, 24, got here out of the blocks sluggish within the damp circumstances and by no means recovered, with Alfred main early and refusing to relent. The hole was an excessive amount of for Sha’Carri, who has been identified to chase down opponents, together with final 12 months on the World Championships when she soared to gold from lane 9.

Her golden desires have a silver lining: The Olympic silver medal itself.

Richardson achieves that in her Olympic debut with coaching mate Melissa Jefferson becoming a member of her on the rostrum, claiming the bronze medal.

Twanisha Terry, the third of their Orlando-based trio underneath coach Dennis Mitchell, was fifth.

All three American girls have been trying to turn out to be the primary to assert an Olympic title on this occasion since Gail Devers at Atlanta 1996. It was additionally in Atlanta that two People have been final on a 100m podium on the Olympics, with Gwen Torrence becoming a member of Devers there.