Sha’Carri Richardson has a reassuring message for her rivals ahead of the epic Olympic rematch with Julien Alfred in Zurich.
In anticipation of her thrilling Olympic rematch with Julien Alfred in Zurich, where she will be seeking retribution against the new speed queen from St. Lucia, Sha’Carri Richardson has revived her well-known motto as inspiration. The previous time Richardson and Alfred faced off was in the 100-meter final of the Paris Olympics, where the St. Lucian sprinter made history by blasting past the American in a new personal best time of 10.71 seconds.
Many believed that Richardson wasn’t at her peak after the incident that occurred just hours before her semifinal race. She and the renowned Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were turned away from one of the stadium gates because they didn’t arrive with their nation’s team bus, which may have had a negative psychological and physical impact on Richardson.
The defending world 100-meter champion wants to put the Paris Olympics thrill behind her and show that her loss was an isolated incident and that she’s back to her best for the Zurich Diamond League. Richardson posted a video of her newly personalised Nike spikes bearing her well-known motto on her Instagram stories. “I’m better; I’m not back.”
This was her groundbreaking slogan in her world-title-winning exceptional 2023 season that saw her reclaim her spot on top of women’s sprinting.
With Zurich in mind and rechanneling this as motivation, track fans can anticipate an exciting fast, competitive race between the world’s fastest women this year
