Womens 100 metres Final 2024-08-03

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Event
Womens 100 metres Final

Date
Sat 3rd August 2024 (UTC)
Sat 3rd August 2024 (Local)

Timestamp
2024-08-03T19:20:00

Time

19:20:00 UTC (21:20:00 Local)

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24-11-23 11:20 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-11-23 13:20 (CST Chicago)
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24-11-23 14:20 (EST New York)
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24-11-23 19:20 (GMT London)
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24-11-23 20:20 (CET Paris)
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24-11-23 23:20 (GST Dubai)
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24-11-24 00:50 (IST Kolkata)
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24-11-24 04:20 (JST Tokyo)
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24-11-24 06:20 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Olympics Athletics

Season
2024

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
Stade de France
(80,000 Attendance)

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Description

The women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the twenty-third time that the women's 100 metres has been contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 40 athletes qualified for the event by entry standard or ranking. Julien Alfred won Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal after taking gold in the final.

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Result List

01	Julien Alfred	10.72
02	Sha'Carri Richardson	10.87
03	Melissa Jefferson	10.92

Result Description
There were a lot of candidates for favorite in the Women's 100 but Double defending Champion, #2 of all time Elaine Thompson-Herah was unable to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the Jamaican Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify for these games.; returning bronze medalist Shericka Jackson pulled out after suffering a cramp in a tune up race in Hungary to "protect my body" for her primary event, the 200 metres; American collegiate surprise Jacious Sears =#16 held the fastest time of the year for over two months, was injured in the SEC Championships and couldn't make the US Trials.

Reigning World champion, Sha'Carri Richardson, tied with Jackson for #6 of all time, won the US Trials. Teenager Tia Clayton won the Jamaican Trials ahead of #3 of all time, 37 year old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Perennial contender, newly hyphenated Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith , #8 of all time, now eligible for the Masters Division is back as a 35 year old. And two months before the Olympics, former double NCAA Champion Julien Alfred moved into a tie for #23 of all time.

There was an early Preliminary round to give athletes representing countries without a qualified athlete a chance to compete. No Preliminary qualifiers advanced out of the heats. The veterans ran fast in the first round, Ta Lou-Smith had the fastest time with 10.87 with Fraser-Pryce tied with Daryll Neita for the next fastest at 10.92. In the semi-finals, Fraser-Pryce did not show up to the start line due to an undisclosed injury. Alfred had the fastest qualifying time 10.84, Richardson and Clayton shared the next best at 10.89.

In the final, Alfred got out to a quick start, her rapid acceleration taking a clear lead in the first 10 metres. Next to her, Richardson gave up .08 just in reaction time, putting her dead last at the same point. As Alfred expanded her lead, a row of chasers formed across the track; Mujinga Kambundji, Clayton, Melissa Jefferson and Neita. Ta Lou-Smith was struggling and would stop running by 40 metres. Richardson was into her running form and was starting to pick off runners from the back. Richardson passed the row, still focused on Alfred but the gap was way too much to make up. She turned off the power and coasted the last three steps. Jefferson was able to separate from the others for a clear third. Alfred ran a new personal best, 10.72; a national record and the first ever gold medal for St. Lucia. Her time moved her up to tie Ta Lou for the #8 performer in history.

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