Sha’Carri Richardson Is Ready for Her Moment

Sha’Carri Richardson: ready to race.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesDon’t miss a moment at the Paris Olympics. Sign up for our daily email to receive the biggest highlights, the latest medal count and the stories you won't see on TV.

Sha’Carri Richardson is only interested in moving in one direction: forward. Her preference is to do so very, very quickly.

She doesn’t need to be reminded — again — of how her arrival at the 2024 Olympics represents a belated debut on the sports world’s biggest stage. She’s not all that interested in talking through why one race was fast or another slow.

She would like her head to remain focused exactly where her feet were on Friday: on the purple track…