EUGENE — Gabby Thomas, Brittany Brown and McKenzie Lengthy are headed to Paris to compete within the ladies’s 200 meters after ending 1-2-3 within the U.S. Olympic observe and subject trials Saturday at Hayward Discipline.
Thomas gained in 21.81 seconds, with Brown ending second in a personal-best 21.90. Lengthy ran a 21.91.
Sha’Carri Richardson completed fourth within the last in 22.16. Richardson gained the 100 meters at trials to earn her spot on the Olympic staff for Paris. She didn’t converse to reporters after Saturday’s race.
Thomas, the reigning bronze medalist within the occasion, ran a world-leading 21.78 Friday through the semifinals, stunning herself. She mentioned after that race that she wouldn’t be shocked if she churned out a private greatest Saturday, however she fell just a few ticks wanting that mark.
Every of the People might be sturdy contenders for medals in Paris on condition that Jamaican star Elaine Thompson-Herah, the reigning Olympic champion within the 100 and 200, introduced final week she was withdrawing from the Jamaican trials due to an Achilles tear.
Lengthy, a star at Ole Miss who had the very best time on the planet this season — which she ran in Eugene on the NCAA championships on June 8 — earlier than Thomas went even sooner within the semifinals. Lengthy, who additionally competed within the 100 right here however didn’t make the ultimate.
Lengthy has mentioned she is working in reminiscence of her mom, Tara Jones, who died unexpectedly of a coronary heart assault earlier than the season began at simply 45.