American Sha’Carri Richardson has won the women’s 100-meter world title
Sha'Carri Richardson, of the United States, celebrates her gold medal in the Women's 100 meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women's 100-meter world title Monday, outsprinting a star-studded field to take a gold medal two years after a positiveRunning on the far outside in Lane 9, Richardson finished in 10.
This was Richardson’s first major competition on the world stage and she was listed as a 5-1 underdog even though she came in as the American champion and bested Jackson the previous two times they met this year. She blew a kiss toward the sky, cast her eyes on that beautiful scoreboard and walked toward the stands in a daze to accept the American flag and congratulations from Fraser-Pryce, Dina Asher-Smith of Britain and others., which start less than 12 months from now.
A raucous debate ensued over whether marijuana, not a performance enhancer, really belonged on the banned list , and also whether regulators were too keen to go after a young, outspoken, Black, American woman .
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