Video: Adele Pauses Concert to Show Sha’Carri Richardson, Women’s 100m Olympic Final

Andrew PetersAugust 3, 2024

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Every four years, the Olympics take the world by storm and fans watch for days as the greatest athletes in the world compete against one another.

Nobody can resist tuning into the exciting events, and sometimes that means pausing a concert to watch the games.

That’s exactly what Adele did on Saturday. The pop star halted her concert in Munich to show the women’s 100-meter final on the big screen in front of thousands of fans.

Pop Crave @PopCraveAdele halts her show in Munich to display the Women’s 100m Final at the #Olympics. pic.twitter.com/98n9SrLGj5

Saturday’s 100-meter final saw Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred win gold after a dominant performance in which she ran a national record time of 10.72. The United States’ Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson earned silver and bronze with times of 10.87 and 10.92, respectively.

Alfred’s gold was the first Olympic medal ever for Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island nation with a population of just 179,857.

NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympicsJulien Alfred just won the FIRST Olympic medal EVER for Saint Lucia! 🇱🇨 #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/2GP4jATT2g

“It means a lot to me,” Alfred said after the win, per USA Today’s Tyler Dragon. “I definitely knew that Saint Lucians would be watching and hoping that they would get their first Olympic gold medal and first Olympic medal. And it came as a gold. I’m sure they are celebrating right now.”

While Richardson couldn’t win her first gold on Saturday, she’ll have another chance next week in the 4×100-meter relay on Friday.