Sha’Carri Richardson makes Paris Olympics debut – NBC Los Angeles

What to Know

• Sha’Carri Richardson makes her long-awaited Olympic debut as track and field rev up Friday. She is the favorite in the women’s 100-meter dash in a first-round heat that starts at 5:50 a.m. ET.
• The U.S. men’s soccer team will play Morocco in its first Olympic quarterfinal match in 24 years — since the 2000 Sydney Games.
• American Caeleb Dressel will go for his ninth Olympic gold medal and second in Paris when he competes in the men’s 50-meter freestyle final at 2:30 p.m. ET.
• The men’s tennis singles semifinals will start at 6 a.m. ET and will see Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz play Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada. Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will play Novak Djokovic in the second semifinal.
• France’s Léon Marchand aims for his fourth gold medal of the 2024 Games when he swims in the 200-meter individual medley at 2:43 p.m. ET at Paris La Defense Area.