Now that we’re in July, the Paris Olympics are less than a month away. Although track meets happen all the time, it’s in the Olympics where the sport truly has the eyes of the world on it. This year’s qualifiers were special. For both the men’s and women’s 100m, 200m and 400m qualifiers, all who qualified were Black. A first for Team USA, it was certainly worth mentioning. Photo: Christian Petersen via Getty Images Headlined by Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson , the U.S. squad is not short on talent. But they’re also not short on personality. In this upcoming competition, I’m sure we’ll be thoroughly entertained. Track and field in my opinion is hoping to highlight their current crop of stars. Usain Bolt held it down for at least a decade. Since then, I don’t think we’ve had the sort of marketable personalities needed in the sport until now. I want to watch Lyles and Richardson. They’re both never short on words, and they both have something to prove. Photo: Christian Petersen...
