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39-579: In 2023, a track at this stadium was renamed the Sha'Carri Richardson Track. Kincaide Stadium is part of the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex and is used for football , soccer , and athletics . It serves as home to Carter and Kimball High Schools. This Dallas , Texas -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in Texas

78-703: A championship record of 41.03 seconds. Her relay time of 9.65 seconds was the fastest in history. Sha'Carri's teammates in this event were Tamari Davis , Twanisha Terry , and Gabrielle Thomas . Richardson began her 2024 season competing in the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon in May, winning in a time of 10.83 seconds. Coincidentally, Elaine Thompson-Herah, the winner of this Diamond League meeting in 2021, finished in last place. "I feel great about my race. I feel like I'm continuing to grow and develop into

117-688: A counseling program, she accepted a one-month suspension by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that began on June 28, 2021. While Richardson was ineligible for the Olympic 100 meters due to the suspension ending on July 27, 2021, she could have been eligible for the Women's 4 × 100 relay scheduled for August 5, 2021. However, she was not selected, thereby missing the Olympics entirely. Richardson stated that she took

156-476: A mature young lady and a mature athlete", Richardson told the media following her victory. At the 2024 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Richardson defended her title in the women's 100-meter sprint event, winning the final in 10.71 seconds on June 22, 2024, and qualifying for the event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris . She did not qualify for the 200m, however, finishing fourth in

195-528: A much more consistent time relative to his Fully Automatic Timing 10.06s 100m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25s-0.3s hand time to FAT conversion. The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the London Olympics . The fastest anchor leg run by a woman was run by Christine Arron of France, timed unofficially at 9.67s. According to

234-624: A review regarding the prohibited status of cannabis. Cannabis has remained a prohibited drug for Olympic athletes since 1999, though in 2013 the World Anti-Doping Agency increased the level of THC metabolite allowed from 15 ng/mL to 150 ng/mL. Richardson returned to the track at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic , placing ninth – last place – with a time of 11.14 seconds. The Tokyo medalists, Jamaicans Elaine Thompson-Herah , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson , repeated their placements. On April 8, 2023, she ran

273-423: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sha%27Carri Richardson Sha'Carri Richardson ( / ʃ ə ˈ k ær iː / shə- KERREE ; born March 25, 2000 ) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres . Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University , running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at

312-418: Is common, even at the highest level. Relay times are typically 2–3 seconds faster than the sum of best times of individual runners. The United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF/World Athletics championships. Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including

351-568: Is inspired by that of Florence Griffith Joyner . Richardson is sponsored by Nike . She wore Nike's Air Zoom Maxfly spikes at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. In 2021, Richardson stated that she has a girlfriend. She gave a Twitter shout-out to the LGBTQ community immediately after her win in June 2021. Richardson identifies as bisexual . In 2023, a track at John Kincaide Stadium

390-482: Is of African-American descent. She was raised by her grandmother, Betty Harp, and an aunt. She graduated from Carter High School , where she ran track and won Texas state titles in the 100 m and 200 m. As a teenager, Sha'Carri Richardson won the 100 m title at the AAU Junior Olympics — the largest national multi-sport event for youth in the United States — in 2016, then another title at

429-425: Is sponsored by Nike . Richardson qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a 100-meter time of 10.77 seconds at the 2020 United States Olympic Trials . It was 0.13 seconds faster than Javianne Oliver , who finished second. A urine sample that she submitted tested positive for THC metabolites indicating recent cannabis use, which put her participation in the Olympics in doubt. After successfully completing

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468-451: The 2011 World Championships . The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by Usain Bolt at the 2015 IAAF World Relays , while Bob Hayes was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the 1964 Tokyo Games Final. The Tokyo Games also had electronic timing. High-speed modern video analysis shows his time to be a more realistic 8.95-9.0 seconds in the final,

507-449: The 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. On July 7, 2023, Richardson became the US national champion in the 100-metre sprint event by winning the women's 100m final in 10.82 seconds, qualifying for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. On the third day of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she won her first major individual title on

546-401: The 60-meter dash at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships . At the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships , the 19-year-old completed the second-best female one-day double in history after Merlene Ottey , breaking two world U20 records . She won the 100 m with a time of 10.75 s, setting a collegiate record and improving Marlies Göhr 's 42-year-old world U20 best. In

585-465: The NCAA Division I Championships. This winning time made her one of the ten fastest women in history at 19 years old. In April 2021, Richardson ran a new personal best of 10.72 seconds, becoming the sixth-fastest woman of all time (at the time) and the fourth-fastest American woman in history. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning the women's 100-metre dash with 10.86 in

624-539: The USATF Junior Olympics in 2017. She made her international debut at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships , where she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay alongside Gabriele Cunningham , Rebekah Smith, and Tara Davis . In 2018, Richardson enrolled at Louisiana State University and began competing for the LSU Lady Tigers track and field team. She was a finalist in

663-490: The United States Olympic Trials . On July 1, it was reported that Richardson had tested positive for cannabis use following her 100 m final at the U.S. Trials, invalidating her win and making her ineligible to compete in the 100 m at the Olympics. After successfully completing a counseling program, she accepted a one-month period of ineligibility that began on June 28, 2021. In July 2023, she became

702-520: The 200 m, she placed runner-up by less than one hundredth of a second in a time of 22.17 s, breaking Allyson Felix 's record set at the 2004 Athens Olympics . She also ran in the 4 × 100 m relay which finished second. Four days after the NCAA Championships, she announced she would forgo collegiate eligibility after her first year, and sign a professional contract. She trains with former Olympic sprinter Dennis Mitchell and

741-587: The 4×440 yards, the 4×100 m relay is therefore of European origin. The Scandinavians, in particular, have introduced this new specialty into their programmes, in the hope of being able to play a decisive role in it. Before World War I, this foundation period of the relay was gradually enhanced by various German or Swedish teams (such as AIK Stockholm ), until the semi-finals of the Stockholm Olympic Games (1912) where this event made its Olympic appearance: These two runs have not been recognized by

780-558: The IAAF as the first world records, despite their official nature. The first officially recognized world record for the fast relay is that of the German team, which on 8 July 1912, during the 3rd semifinal, runs in 42 seconds 3 tenths. The team consisted of Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, and Richard Rau. In the final Great Britain, despite having finished second again, behind the favorites and

819-495: The IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality. If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s. The runway at Hayward Field

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858-427: The US national champion in the women's 100 metres at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships , running 10.82 seconds. Richardson won gold in the 100 m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, beating Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a new championships record time of 10.65 seconds. On the penultimate day of the 2023 World Championships , she also won gold as part of Team USA in

897-405: The changeover box and stops after the baton is exchanged. Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while runners on the second and fourth legs take the baton in their left. Polished handovers can compensate for lack of basic speed to some extent, and disqualification for dropping the baton or failing to transfer it within the box

936-632: The criticism by pointing out that as a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, it has an obligation to enforce it in the United States. Furthermore, they stated that changing those rules might be problematic, as the vast majority of the world's nation states consider consuming marijuana a criminal offense. In response to the controversy, in September 2021, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced that it would conduct

975-542: The drug to cope with the pressure of qualifying for the Olympics while mourning the recent death of her biological mother. Her suspension was criticized by many individuals and organizations in favor of liberalizing cannabis policies, including NORML , members of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus , and other members of Congress. U.S. President Joe Biden also suggested that drug-testing rules governing athletes could be changed. USADA responded to

1014-441: The final of the qualifier. At the Olympics 100m Richardson finished second behind Saint Lucia 's Julien Alfred , who had a faster start out of the blocks and never relinquished her lead. In the women's 4 x 100 relay , Richardson ran the race's anchor leg ; after a shaky handoff from teammate Gabrielle Thomas , Richardson propelled the U.S. women from third place to first, clinching her first Olympic gold medal. Before crossing

1053-423: The finish line, Richardson turned her head to stare down her closest competitors in one of the game's iconic moments. In 2021, a week before her qualifying race for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Richardson's biological mother died. She knew nothing of her mother's death until she was asked about it by a reporter. Richardson is noted for her long nails and colorful hair on the field, and she has stated that her style

1092-484: The first team to break 38 seconds. The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the dominant team in the sport, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and four consecutive World Championships. The Jamaican team also set the previous record of 37.04 seconds at

1131-552: The fourth-fastest 100 m by a woman in all conditions, clocking 10.57 seconds with a strong, illegal 4.1 m/s tailwind to win the women's final at the Miramar Invitational. It converts to 10.77 s in still conditions. In May 2023, she secured her first Diamond League victory, winning the 100 m in Doha with a new meeting record of 10.76 s (+0.9 m/s). In July 2023, Richardson participated at

1170-426: The individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017, that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 metres in length. The outgoing runner cannot touch the baton until it has entered

1209-427: The international stage, winning gold in the women's 100-metre sprint event in a championship record of 10.65 seconds. On August 25, 2023, she won bronze in the women's 200 m final in 21.92 seconds, finishing behind USA teammate Gabrielle Thomas (21.81), and defending women's 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (21:41 CR ). She would also go on to win gold as part of Team USA in the women's 4 × 100m relay final with

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1248-466: The new world record holders, still won the gold medal, due to the loss of the German baton. Sweden is second in 42 s 6. The bronze medal is not awarded, because the Americans, still clumsy in passing the baton, were also downgraded. The German record in the semifinal (42"3) will remain the best result of the year. In 1913 it will be recognized by the newly formed IAAF as the first official world record of

1287-428: The rule change. The transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when entering the changeover box or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look back, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing

1326-455: The rules were relaxed: a 10m run-up zone, before this zone, allowed him to better tackle the run-up. Key to tables :     Not ratified or later rescinded X = annulled due to doping violation Note: Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in

1365-413: The specialty. After this first Olympic event, in addition to the 4×400 m relay, the 4×100 m relay established itself as a classic Olympic event and will always remain on the programme, first for men, then extended to women. The two relays undergo little transformation over time. However, since 1926, the baton bearer has to remain in the baton transmission area, which is 20 m long. It wasn't until 1963 that

1404-528: The women's 4 × 100m relay final with a championship record of 41.03 seconds. On June 22, 2024, Richardson defended her title as the US national champion in the 100-metre sprint event by winning the women's 100m final in 10.71 seconds ( WL ), qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she won the silver medal in the 100m and gold in the 4×100 relay. Richardson was born in Dallas , Texas. She

1443-431: The zone, and the incoming runner cannot touch it after it has left the zone. The zone is usually marked in yellow, frequently using lines, triangles or chevrons. While the rule book specifies the exact positioning of the marks, the colours and style are only "recommended". While most legacy tracks will still have the older markings, the rule change still uses existing marks. Not all governing body jurisdictions have adopted

1482-507: Was renamed the Sha'Carri Richardson Track. November 10, 2023 was declared Sha'Carri Richardson Day in Dallas, Texas. 4 %C3%97 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for

1521-535: Was shortened to 400 m only in 1987. Paradoxically, the first race recognized as certain, without however being an official world record, dates back to 1897, shortly after the creation, on 8 May, of the Česká amatérská atletická unie (ČAAU). On June 26 of that year, during Sparta's 5th match in Prague, the organizing team, AC Sparta Praha, defeated MAC Budapest, in 48 1/5 seconds. Unlike the "long" 4×400 m relay, whose origins are clearly American, because it derives from

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