Team USA Wins Gold in Women's 100-Meter Relay at Paris Olympics Anchored by Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas

Mar. 15, 2025

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The U.S. women’s relay team brought home another gold at theParis Olympics!

As a light rain fell, the group finished with a season-best time of 41.78 seconds to secure the gold medal, just .07 seconds ahead of the silver medal-winning Great Britain. Germany came in third with a time of 41.97 seconds.

Thomas told reporters that passing the baton to teammate Richardson “is a very special and unique thing” to be able to do.

“She is so fast and we know we’re in good hands as soon as she gets her hands on the baton,” she said. “I just, I felt very proud. And I was grateful to have competed with these ladies, and especially with Sha’Carri, and we got the gold.”

Jefferson, meanwhile, told reporters the win felt “amazing,” and that she was proud of her teammates for coming together for first place.

Sha’Carri Richardson finishes the 4x100-meter relay final on Aug. 9.Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images

Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images

The relay final marked some new hardware for Thomas, 27, Richardson, 24, and Jefferson, 23, and the first-ever medal for Terry, 25.

Thomas won gold on Tuesday, Aug. 6 in the women’s 200-meter final, crossing the finish line 0.25 seconds faster than runner-up Julien Alfred, who became Saint Lucia’s first-ever gold medalist when she won the women’s 100-meter final just days prior on Aug. 3.

Richardson, meanwhile, won silver behind Alfred in the women’s 100-meter final on Aug. 3. Jefferson finished third to secure the bronze medal.

After her gold medal victory on Tuesday, Thomas told reporters, including PEOPLE, that winning the gold feels “indescribable.” The Harvard alum continued, “I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that I would become an Olympic gold medalist and I am one and I’m still kind of wrapping my head around that.”

Thomas said the achievement is “six years in the making at least,” adding, “All of it was for this moment. My coach told me everything we’ve done up until this point — Tokyo Olympics, World Championships, even my injured year 2022 — it was for this, so that I was prepared and I was mature and I was ready.”

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At the 2023 World Championships, Richardson broke the 100-meter world record and debuted her new motto: “I’m not back, I’m better.”

In a December 2023interview with PEOPLE, the Olympic sprinter said the slogan “comes from knowing” that she’s “been in the world in a way that not necessarily is the way a lot of people could handle or really bounce back or survive.”

“And the fact that I’m able to stand here and be the athlete I’ve been, I’ve been the woman I’ve been,” Richardson told PEOPLE. “I’m wiser. I’m calmer, I’m disciplined and I’m more focused on the responsibility that I have as well as my passion for what I do.”

source: people.com