Team USA fans spot ‘priceless’ moment as Sha’Carri Richardson powers Team USA to Olympic gold with ‘race of her life’
SHA'CARRI Richardson helped propel the Team USA women's 4x100m relay team to a gold medal win but all fans can talk about is what she did at the end of the race.
The U.S. women's 4x100m team consisted of Melissa Jefferson, Twanish Terry, Gabby Thomas, and Richardson.
During the race, Thomas struggled to hand the baton off but once Richardson grabbed it she never looked back.
Richardson ran an impressive 10.09 second leg helping surge the United States past Britain and Germany.
The Americans won with a time of 41.78 seconds, which was 0.08 seconds ahead of second-place Britain.
But fans are going wild over Richardson glaring back at her competition just as she crossed the finish line.
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"I love Sha’Carri Richardson so much. That look back was so cold," praised one fan.
"Sha'Carri Richardson is my goat the look she gave right before crossing the line was ICE COLD!" raved a second fan.
"Shacarri Richardson looking over to you as she crosses the finish line in 1st place," a third fan said.
"SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON THE RACE OF HER LIFE. USA within 1 gold again," celebrated a fourth.
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"That look by Sha'Carri Richardson," said a fifth, adding an eye emoji.
This is the Americans' first Olympic gold in the 4x100 relay since 2016.
Richardson notched her second medal of the Summer Games and finally captured the coveted gold.
The Texas-born sprinter finished second behind Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred, who bested the American by 0.15 seconds in the women's 100-meter final on Saturday.
After the win, Richardson celebrated with a post on her Instagram.
She captioned the post with three silver hearts.
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Meanwhile, the Team USA men's 4x100 relay team consisting of Christian Coleman, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King, and Fred Kerley disappointed in their race on Friday.
The team crossed the finish line in seventh place but it was revealed they were disqualified later on.
Disaster struck for the men's team with the baton pass between the first and second leg.
Coleman approached with the baton, Bednarek left too early and then had to slow to a halt to avoid a disqualification for a pass occurring outside the zone.
But the men's Team USA 4x100 relay team was ultimately disqualified.
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Gold medalist sprinter Noah Lyles was set to compete in the 4x100m team but contracted Covid and decided to bow out of the Olympics.
Canada took home the gold with a time of 37.50 seconds while South Africa took silver at 37.57 seconds and Great Britain took bronze with a third place time of 37.61 seconds.