Shakari Richardson wins the women’s 100m at the World Track and Field Championships

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American sprinter Chakari Richardson wins the women’s 100m Tournament record 10.65 seconds at the 2023 World Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday.

Jamaican runners finished second and third as Richardson, on an unwieldy lane 9, made up the gap to take the lead in the closing metres. Olympic bronze medalist Sherica Jackson took silver in 10.72 seconds, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two-time Olympic gold medalist and last year’s 100-meter champion, took bronze in 10.77 seconds.

“I’m surprised,” Richardson said. Eurosport, like CNN is owned by Warner Brothers Discovery. “I feel like hard work pays off. I’ve been dedicated. I’ve kept my faith strong this season and I just believe and know that whatever you put in is what you give, and I’m grateful.”

In 2021, Richardson was expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics after winning the women’s 100m at the US trials, but she has yet to compete after accepting a month-long ban due to her positive cannabis test. She later said that her action was an outgrowth of mourning her mother’s death.

Richardson said the run in the outside lane Monday night was symbolic.

“I was alone in my own world, which honestly has been like this my whole life. I’ve always been in my own world, my own element, so being in lane 9 was perfect for me to do what I know to do and focus more on myself. And when I celebrated it was because I felt “I did my best no matter what the outcome. I felt like I did my best.”

This year’s World Championships is its first major global event since the Olympics. She is also entered in the 200 metres, which she will be Contested from Wednesday to Friday. Richardson has recorded fourth fastest 200 meters once this year.

Richardson is one of six women in the pool for the US 4×100-meter relay team.

Earlier this year, Richardson showed excellent form at the US Championships, running the 100m in a then world best time of 10.71. In July, Jackson, 29, moved into the top of the 2023 leaderboard with a 10.65 in Jamaica.

Richardson’s Monday time is a personal best and is 0.16 behind the world record set by Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.