Sha’Carri Richardson was stuck in the heat of the US Olympic Trials

While the Canadian Athletics Championships are now taking place north of the border, some major stars have made headlines to the south after being stuck in the heat of the US World Trial. Sha’Carri Richardson When Call hooker Both bowed from the heat at each event. So you won’t be competing for the US team at this summer’s World Championships.

Richardson arrived at a trial off the season’s best time of 10.85 (+1.3 m / s) at a continental tour tournament held in New York City two weeks ago. On Thursday night, she finished in fifth place, disappointed in the 100-meter qualifying heat at the US Olympic Trials. Her 11.31 seconds time wasn’t enough to advance her to the semifinals as a non-automatic qualifying. She finished 23rd out of 32 runners.

The 22-year-old sprinter made a rough start from the block, never recovered, missed the semi-final spot, and eventually missed the spot of the American 100-meter sprint team at the World Championships. After the race, Richardson was seen sprinting through the media tent to avoid attention, rather than feeling like chatting with the media.

Sha’Carri Richardson overtakes the media after failing to move forward at 100 meters pic.twitter.com/5SArO6IaHR

— Travis Miller (@ travismillerx13) June 24, 2022

Richardson won the women’s 100m in the 2021 Olympic trial, but was subsequently disqualified. Positive cannabis test According to USATF.

She remains on the women’s 200m start list. The heat will take place Saturday afternoon from Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon.

Another big day 1 surprise in the men’s 1500m is that defending champion Cole Hocker looked featureless flat in the last 50 meters and faded in from 1st to 6th on the final lap. To run slower than 3: 39.57 to move forward, you will need 4th place in both of the next heats.

— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) June 24, 2022

Hocker, an Olympic 1,500m finalist, was also unable to make it to the semi-finals, so Richardson wasn’t the only US star to flop out in the first round. The hocker was too fast at the men’s 1500m and ran out of gas at 150m, crossing the line in 6th place at 3:39:57. After finishing 6th at the Tokyo Olympics, many truck fans had high expectations for hocker.

Like Richardson, Hocker is still aiming for qualifying at the men’s 5,000m. This will happen on Sunday night.

You can see the results of the 2022 US Open Championships here..