What To Think About Sha'carri's Perfomamce Today?

What do Sha’Carri Richardson and Josette Norris have in common?

I root for them because of the inordinate hate they receive on LetsRun.

I hope she does well, but her coaches should advise her to drop the fish net garb and just wear the aero one piece suit the sprinters wear, she will be more streamlined.

ETH has precisely 0 WC golds, indoors or outdoors. She also hasn't won a single WC 100m medal. SAFP will be the woman to beat, but it'll be competitive among the rest.

Oh boo hoo. Not true and Welcome to Let’s Run. BTC runners get the most criticism here.

I don't know why people are writing off Thompson-Herah when, on times, she is in the same form over 100m and faster over 200m than this time last year.

I do think she is managing a niggle, but it's not bad enough to stop her from racing and she has put down some good times. She has gone from 22.7 > 22.5 > 22.2 in her 200m races, that last 3/10th improvement happening over a 3 week period. In a 4 week period Jackson went from 22.07 > 21.9, so smaller increments.

I do think if Thompson-Herah were to win the gold in Eugene, she may DNS the 200m. Alternatively, we may see her only do one event at the Jamaican Trials. We'll soon see. But so far, on paper, she is actually better than last season.

ETH wants to solidify her status as the greatest sprinter ever. The only way she can do this is to win the 100/200 at Worlds in Eugene, given Mboma is hurt. I see no reason why she shouldn't be able to win the double this year. It will be difficult for her to win the 200M when Mboma returns to full health.

Idk that anybody’s “writing her off”.

As it stands right now, it looks like she will have to be perfect to beat SAFP. Any nagging achilles issue will be enough to lose gold.

As far as DAS, SCR, and others are concerned, only time will tell—but right now IMO they are all pretty close in any given race.

Not to derail, but IMO this def puts her on the relay, and maybe on 2nd or 3rd, interchangeable with Steiner...or heck maybe Steiner on leadoff, the way she ran that 200 turn.

Sturgis-SCR-Steiner-Hobbs? So far.

Along with Steiner, SCR is my only other relay pick at the moment.

Twanisha Terry will have to be added to the relay pool. She may even beat Sturgis for a place on the 100M team.

Yeah, and maybe Jefferson.

One thing for sure, this will be a good, meaningful fight for the 4x1 relay spots this year.👍

BAM 💥 SAFP 10.67 (0.5) WL in Paris