Sha’Carri Richardson scratched the 200m after winning the 100m at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Trayvon Bromell, the men’s 100m champion, previously scratched the 200m, too, before his races at Trials in Eugene, Oregon. He wasn’t considered a favorite to make the team in the longer distance, unlike Richardson.
The Olympic Trials 200m starts with heats on Thursday (women) and Friday (men).
Scratching the 200m is a not uncommon move for 100m medalists at major meets, though it marks the first Olympic Trials that neither 100m winner races the 200m since 2004 (Maurice Greene, LaTasha Colander).