Two years after being denied a spot in the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, Richardson lined up at her first major competition when the 100-meter ...
even though she came in as the American champion and had beat Jackson the previous two times they met this year.
Though it was clear she had finished ahead of all those runners to her left, the 23-year-old Richardson looked stunned.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.
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