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As Team USA celebrates their gymnastics gold this week, eyes will move from the vault to Paris’s lavender-hued track when Sha’Carri Richardson makes her Olympic debut this Friday. After famously missing the Tokyo Games because of a positive marijuana test at the 2021 Olympic Trials, Richardson will now debut at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games as the favorite in the women’s 100-meter dash. The first round kicks off Friday, Aug 2 at 2:50 a.m. PT/5:50 a.m. ET.
Every track and field event at this year’s Games will broadcast on NBC and stream live on Peacock, the official streaming home to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Aside from Peacock, the best way for cable-cutters to tune into the Games is on any live TV streamer with access to NBC, such as DirecTV, Sling TV, Fubo TV and Hulu + Live TV, which all offer free trials.
Richardson became the reigning world champion after achieving a record-breaking 10.71-second sprint at the U.S trials in June. She goes into the Games as the fastest woman in the world.
Jamaica’s Shericka was originally supposed to compete against Richardson on Friday but announced earlier this week that she would not run in the 100. However, Richardson will still face stiff competition from three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, who has won the race twice. Meanwhile, Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time reigning Olympic champion in the 100 and 200, will not compete due to an injury.
On the men’s side, Team USA’s Noah Lyle is expected to also win his first Olympic title in the men’s 100.
In total, there will be a total of 48 track and field events running from Aug. 1 – 11, consisting of 23 each for men and women as well as two mixed events (the 4x400m mixed relay and the 35km mixed team race walk), mainly at Paris’s iconic Stade de France.
Stream every event at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics live on Peacock.
