Sha'Carri Richardson finishes 4th, won't have spot in 200 metres at Olympics

EUGENE, Oregon (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson will not race in the 200 meters at the Olympics after finishing fourth at US track trials Saturday in a race Gabby Thomas won in 21.81 seconds.

Richardson was in the top three with about 40 meters left but faded down the stretch and finished in 22.16, slower than either of her preliminary rounds. Brittany Brown and NCAA champion McKenzie Long earned the second and third spots.

The 27-year-old Thomas, who gave up running in the 400 meters so she could focus solely on her best race, the 200, will look to add to the bronze medal she won in the event three years ago in Tokyo.

Richardson will have the 100, where she is the reigning world champion, and a spot on the women's 4x100 relay team.

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