Live updates from the Paris Olympics: Sha’Carri Richardson fights for gold in the 100 meters final, Katie Ledecky aims for a new record

Team USA has no shortage of stars at any Summer Olympics, and two of the brightest will take center stage in Paris on Saturday. Sha’Carri Richardson and Katie Ledecky have been household names for years, and both could make history with gold medals.

Richardson, who missed the women’s 100m in Tokyo after testing positive for marijuana, is trying to break Jamaica’s streak of consecutive gold medals in the event. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2008, 2012) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016, 2021) have won the last four gold medals in the race. The last American woman to win gold in the event was Gail Devers in 1996.

Ledecky, meanwhile, will compete in the 800-meter freestyle, one of her signature events. She is the two-time reigning Olympic champion in the event and holds a world-record time of 8:04.79, set in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and has won gold at the last six world championships. She is already the most decorated U.S. Olympian in any sport, with 13 medals total. A win here would give her 14.

How to watch, Sha’Carri Richardson, Katie Ledecky finals schedule:

• Start time: 1:30pm ET/ 10:30am ET

  • Women’s 100m Semi-Finals — 1:59 p.m. ET: (Melissa Jefferson, Sha’Carri Richardson, Twanisha Terry)

  • Women’s 100m Final — 3:20 p.m. ET

  • Women’s swimming 800m freestyle — 3:28 p.m. ET: (Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden)

• Place: Stade de France, Paris La Defense Arena | Paris, France

• TV channel: NBC

• Streaming: Fubo, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com