Team USA has no shortage of stars at any Summer Olympics and two of the brightest in Paris take center stage on Saturday. Sha’Carri Richardson and Katie Ledecky have been household names for years, and they can both make some history with gold medals.
Richardson, who missed the women’s 100m in Tokyo after testing positive for marijuana, is trying to break Jamaica’s streak of consecutive gold medals in the event. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2008, 2012) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016, 2021) have won the last four gold medals in the race. The last American woman to win gold in the event was Gail Devers back in 1996.
Ledecky, meanwhile, will compete in the 800-meter freestyle, one of her signature events. She’s the two-time defending Olympic champion in the event and holds a world-record time of 8:04.79, which she set in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and has taken gold in the last six World Championships. She is already the most decorated female American Olympian, in any sport, with 13 total medals. A win here would give her 14.
How to watch, schedule for Sha’Carri Richardson, Katie Ledecky finals:
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Start time: 1:30 p.m. ET/ 10:30 a.m. ET
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Women’s 100m semifinals — 1:59 p.m. ET: (Melissa Jefferson, Sha’Carri Richardson, Twanisha Terry)
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Women’s 100m finals — 3:20 p.m. ET
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Women’s swimming 800m freestyle — 3:28 p,m. ET: (Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden)
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Location: Stade de France, París La Défense Arena | Paris, France
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TV channel: NBC
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Streaming: Fubo, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
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