Sha’Carri Richardson is officially heading to Paris to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time.
The 24-year-old track and field sprinter qualified for the event on Saturday night with a 10.71-second 100-meter run.
Richardson’s feat, which she clocked at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, registered as the fastest women’s time in the competition by any woman this year, according to World Athletics.
Immediately following Richardson’s speedy feat, the runner dropped her knees before embracing and celebrating alongside Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry, who both qualified for the Paris Olympics alongside Richardson with times of 10.80 and 10.89 seconds, respectively.
Richardson will start her Olympic journey on Aug. 2 in Paris, when the women’s 100-meter run preliminary round kicks off.
In August last year, Richardson notched a 10.65-second 100-meter time in Budapest, Hungary, at the World Athletics Championships.
