Fastest Women in the World This Year Ahead of Paris 2024: Sha’Carri Richardson Leads

• Sha'Carri Richardson will be out to follow her world title from last year with an Olympic gold medal in Paris next month
• The American is the fastest woman in the world this year as she prepares to renew rivalries with the Jamaican superstars
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be competing in her last-ever event after making the decision to retire after a highly illustrious career

In less than 20 days, more than 10,500 athletes will troop into Paris, France, ready to fly their countries' flags high when the 2024 Summer Olympics kick off.

Of the expected athletes, at least 1,810 of them will compete in 48 different disciplines of track and field when the calendar kicks off on August 1.

Normally, sprint races are often a huge crowd puller, but none is expected to be as big as the women's 100m this year. This will be a clash of an exiting legend taking on an upcoming stalwart in her last dance.

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Five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will race in her last Olympics. The Jamaican star will come up against reigning world champion Sha'Carri Richardson who stunned the world last year at the World Championships in Budapest.

The race will also attract the greatest 200m woman runner alive in Shericka Jackson, as she seeks to rubberstamp her authority in the 100m as well. The Jamaica team won't have the reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, who withdrew from the trials amid an injury-hit period.

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Richardson has the fastest time in the world this year after dropping 10.71 seconds at the US national trials on June 22. Fraser-Pryce has hardly competed this year after injuring her thigh in Budapest last year. Her fast time stands at 10.91 seconds.

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All figures are courtesy of World Athletics.

The current world record of 10.49 seconds set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner has stood since 1988.

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