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Many of the world’s fastest athletes are gathering in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Over the course of eight days, notable American athletes such as Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and Sha’Carri Richardson will compete for spots in the 2024 Paris Games. The top three finishers in most events will qualify for the Olympics.
This weekend’s highlight events include the men’s and women’s 100-meter finals. Lyles aims to claim the title of “fastest man on Earth,” a distinction an American hasn’t held for 28 years. He will compete against 2019 world champion Christian Coleman and teenage sensation Christian Miller, who held the year’s fastest time for nearly two months before the Tokyo 100-meter gold medalist surpassed him.
Despite the tough competition, Lyles remains undeterred.
“World records are meant to be broken,” he told NBC Philadelphia. “It’s just another goal to check off the list, and it’s always fun to go after the top. I still have Olympic gold medals to win and records to break. Why shoot for the clouds when you can aim for the stars?”
In the women’s 100-meter event, Richardson is determined to set new records and achieve her Olympic dream after missing the 2020 Tokyo Games due to a positive cannabis test.
Richardson accepted responsibility for her actions during an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” show.
“I know what I did,” she said. “I know what I’m supposed to do. I know what I’m not allowed to do, and I still made that decision.”
Richardson recorded her fastest 100-meter time at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a 10.65, close to the 10.49-second world record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
Meanwhile, world record holdCONFIRMED DEAL: The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials have finally gotten three overall best from….. er Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will focus on defending her 400-meter hurdles title. This week, McLaughlin-Levrone confirmed to The Associated Press that she won’t compete in the 400-meter and 200-meter flat events as initially planned, choosing instead to concentrate on her specialty.
