USA's Sha'Carri Richardson gets silver medal in women's 100M after Tokyo Olympics suspension

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In her Olympic debut, Sha'Carri Richardson had to settle for the silver medal in the women's 100-meter race.

Instead, it was Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred who earned gold, at 10.72 seconds - USA's Melissa Jefferson received the bronze.

It's the first time since 1996 in which two Americans medaled in the event.

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Sha'carri Richardson of Team United States celebrates during the Women's 100m Round 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France.  (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

The 24-year-old was all set to compete in Tokyo three years ago, but tested positive for cannabis shortly afterward. She accepted a one-month suspension by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, making her ineligible for the 100-meter. She was also not selected for the 4x100 relay team, forcing her Olympic debut to be delayed until this year.

Richardson won the event at the world championships in Budapest last year with a career-best 10.65, automatically putting herself in the gold medal discussion in Paris - but she fell 15-hundredeths of a second short.

Sha'carri Richardson of Team USA, centre, and Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia, right, after the women's 100m semifinals at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

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The Olympics site says Richardson's reaction time was 0.221 seconds, the slowest of the eight runners in the final, while Alfred's was 0.144. Ultimately, simple math says it didn't