Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago competes within the Males’s 400m remaining on day twelve of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 7, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards was topped general long-sprints champion after two magnificent performances on the Grand Slam Monitor, Miami.
On the Ansin Sports activities Advanced, Richards ran a blistering 19.86 to clinch a sensational win and world-leading males’s 200m occasion on Might 2, adopted by second place within the males’s 400m on Might 3.
American Jacory Patterson took first place within the 400m occasion with a world-leading 43.98 seconds. He earned 12 factors for the victory.
Richards was behind in 44.32 seconds with eight factors, whereas Nice Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith got here third in 44.37 with six factors.
Richards’ performances within the two occasions earned him 20 factors, forward of Patterson, who scored 15, and the Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando, who scored 12.
With every class winner incomes US$100,000, Richards has his eyes on the prize with two extra stops within the inaugural Grand Slam Monitor in Philadelphia on Might 30-June 1 and Los Angeles on June 27-29. The opening occasion was held in Jamaica on April 4-6.
As Richards spoke to Grand Slam Monitor founder and dash legend Michael Johnson, a assured Richards mentioned, “They aren’t beating me. Deliver anyone, deliver anyone. As soon as I’m wholesome, they won’t beat me.”
“Yuh by no means hear me say something like that earlier than, however as soon as I wholesome, they not beating me. 100 thousand {dollars}, and I’m driving house in a Lambo (Lamborghini).
“No, no, no. I’m saving. I’m investing my cash as a accountable younger man. I’ve a household, after which I’ll purchase the Lambo,” Richards chuckled.
