Sha’Carri Richardson 100m win Los Angeles; 10.99s winning time
Athletics: Sha’Carri Richardson powers to confident 100m victory at the LA Grand Prix 2026
Athletics: Sha’Carri Richardson powers to confident 100m victory at LA Grand Prix 2026
Racing on home soil for the first time this season, the U.S. sprint star left nothing on the track in Los Angeles, storming to victory in 10.99 seconds.
Sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson delivered a performance worth the price of admission at the LA Grand Prix 2026 , powering home in 10.99 to secure victory in the women’s 100m on Sunday (14 June).
The two-time Olympic medallist made the most of a lightning fast getaway from the blocks, escaping the clutches of the pack within the final few metres to earn a confident – and popular – win ahead of the inaugural World Ultimate Athletics Championships in September.
Kayla White , another member of the reigning women’s 4x100m world championship squad, finished second in 11.08, edging out LA Track Fest champion Tamari Davis , who reached the tape in 11.11.
“Being here is almost like a wake-up call for LA28 coming up,” Richardson told Olympics.com. “It’s a reminder, like, ‘hey, you want to be back here?’ You got to work for it, you got to be there for it. And I love to feel the weather already.”
Fellow Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall – gold in the women’s long jump at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 – certainly didn’t mind the weather much either, spending most of the meet on the track as she competed in two separate events: the long jump and 100m hurdles.
Starting with the 100m hurdles, Davis-Woodhall turned a few heads with her time of 12.47, finishing runner-up to Olympic champion Masai Russell , who asserted herself as the one to beat once more at 12.26.
“I was surprised with 12.4,” the Texas-born jumper said. “I was thinking maybe I was gonna go 12.6 or 12.5, but 12.47…that’s pretty legit.”
She then followed that time up with a 7.25m in long jump, capping off a successful and one-of-a-kind day on the track.
“That was a really cool day,” she added. “Doing the double whammy, it’s kind of throwing me back to high school days. Once I got out into the field, I never left. So it was pretty cool.”
Women’s action ended on a high note with USC alum Anna Cockrell (53.43) holding off Dalilah Muhammad (53.65) to win the 400m hurdles – cementing herself as a true legend in the eyes of the partisan hometown crowd.
“It was a good run,” Cockrell said. “Made some good corrections, still some things to work on, but all things considered, I’m happy with where we’re at.”
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Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) won gold and silver in Paris to confirm her place as one of the world’s leading sprinters. Richardson’s gold came in the women’s 4x100m relay, and she earned silver in the women’s 100m behind Julien Alfred, whose gold was St Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal.