Teahna Daniels Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/teahna-daniels/ Sports News & Views Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Carl Lewis Calls U.S. Men’s 4×100 Relay Team ‘A Total Embarrassment’ https://usports.org/carl-lewis-calls-u-s-mens-4x100-relay-team-a-total-embarrassment/ https://usports.org/carl-lewis-calls-u-s-mens-4x100-relay-team-a-total-embarrassment/#respond Mon, 09 Aug 2021 17:23:55 +0000 https://usports.org/?p=193435 TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Team Italy celebrates after winning gold in the Men's 100m Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
The U.S. women’s 4×100 team’s push for a third consecutive Olympic gold was denied by Jamaica. Jamaica won in a national record of 41.02 seconds, adding the relay title to its Tokyo Olympic collection after sweeping the podium in the 100-meter final. It was the second-fastest time in history. The American team of Javianne Oliver, Teahna Daniels, Jenna […]

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TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Team Italy celebrates after winning gold in the Men's 100m Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

The U.S. women’s 4×100 team’s push for a third consecutive Olympic gold was denied by Jamaica.

Jamaica won in a national record of 41.02 seconds, adding the relay title to its Tokyo Olympic collection after sweeping the podium in the 100-meter final. It was the second-fastest time in history.

The American team of Javianne OliverTeahna DanielsJenna Prandini and Gabrielle Thomas won silver in 41.45 seconds. Britain took bronze in 41.88 seconds.

“We were really excited to come out here and work hard together and come up with a medal,” said Thomas, who also won bronze in the 200 meters. “We knew it was going to come. You know we manifested it, we plan for it and we’re just really excited to do this for Team USA.”

The women’s relay team fared better than the men’s relay team. Italy won the men’s 4×100-meter race in 37.50 seconds, narrowly beating Britain (37.51) for silver. Canada won bronze with 37.70 seconds. Italy’s win gave Lamont Jacobs his second gold medal at the games and it was Italy’s first Olympic medal in the relay since a bronze at the 1948 London Olympics.

The U.S. men’s relay team missed the 4×100 relay race finals after a bad baton exchanged doomed them to a sixth-place finish.  Bad handoffs have long plagued the men’s relay team. It was the fourth straight Olympics that the U.S. men failed to win medals in the event they once owned.

Former U.S. track and field legend Carl Lewis criticized the men’s failure to win.

“The USA team did everything wrong in the men’s relay,” Lewis wrote on Twitter. “The passing system is wrong, athletes running the wrong legs, and it was clear that there was no leadership. It was a total embarrassment, and completely unacceptable for a USA team to look worse than the AAU kids I saw.”

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https://usports.org/carl-lewis-calls-u-s-mens-4x100-relay-team-a-total-embarrassment/feed/ 0 2021 Quality Sport Images TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Team Italy celebrates after winning gold in the Men's 100m Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Diego Souto/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
Sha’Carri Richardson Not Named To U.S. Olympic Relay Team https://usports.org/shacarri-richardson-not-named-to-u-s-olympic-relay-team/ https://usports.org/shacarri-richardson-not-named-to-u-s-olympic-relay-team/#respond Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:00:10 +0000 https://usports.org/?p=192564 EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 19: Sha'Carri Richardson runs and celebrates in the Women's 100 Meter semifinal on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Sha’Carri Richardson has failed to make the U.S. Olympic Relay Team, according to the U.S. Track and Field Association. The news comes just days after her 30-day suspension for marijuana use discovered by a test for the substance by the USATF. Notably, the suspension would not have prevented Richardson from participating in the 4×100 relay. Regardless, […]

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EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 19: Sha'Carri Richardson runs and celebrates in the Women's 100 Meter semifinal on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Sha’Carri Richardson has failed to make the U.S. Olympic Relay Team, according to the U.S. Track and Field Association. The news comes just days after her 30-day suspension for marijuana use discovered by a test for the substance by the USATF. Notably, the suspension would not have prevented Richardson from participating in the 4×100 relay. Regardless, she was not named to the squad.

Instead, the team will consist of Javianne OliverGabby ThomasTeahna Daniels and Jenna Pradini.

After the news was announced, Richardson sent out a tweet expressing both sadness and optimism:

Outside of the recent controversy, Richardson is an incredibly talented runner. She ran the 100-meter sprint in 10.86 seconds while at the qualifying races in Oregon. While in Oregon, Richardson consumed the marijuana that led to her suspension. She states that she used the drug after being told her biological mother had passed.

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency, marijuana is banned because it “[increases] risk taking, [slows] reaction times and [produces] poor executive function or decision making.”

Richardson had hoped to become the first gold medalist for the U.S. in the 100-meter event since 1996. She would have competed against Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who currently holds the fastest time in the world at 10.63 seconds.

The Tokyo Games begin July 23.

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https://usports.org/shacarri-richardson-not-named-to-u-s-olympic-relay-team/feed/ 0 2020 Getty Images EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 19: Sha'Carri Richardson runs and celebrates in the Women's 100 Meter semifinal on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)