World track and field championships: Sha’Carri wins women’s 100

Sha’Carri Richardson, whose Tokyo Olympic dreams were dashed after a positive marijuana test, won the 100-meter world title Monday night, loudly asserting herself as a Paris 2024 medal contender.

Richardson, 23, gobbled up the track in a blazing personal best of 10.65 seconds at the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre.

Dennis Mitchell used that precious time — the shortest time they’ve ever had together between two rounds, he said — to work on Richardson’s start.

She had the second-slowest reaction time of the 24 semifinalists. Richardson rallied to finish third in her semi and advance to the eight-woman final in the seventh spot as a time qualifier (but still with the third-best time overall). A ninth woman was later added.

Mitchell’s drill has his sprinters hone in on his voice on the warm-up track, then burst out to nearby markers.

Richardson had been expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympic Games after winning the women’s 100 meters at the US trials, but did not compete after accepting a one-month ban for her positive test for cannabis. She later said her action was the result of mourning the death of her mother.

Richardson said running in the outside lane Monday evening was emblematic.

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

LSU standout, and it demanded the poise of a seasoned veteran to execute.

After Richardson led the field as the fastest qualifier in 10.92 seconds on Sunday, it wasn't a sure bet that she would even make the final. Just an hour before claiming the world title, she ran 10.84 in her semifinal heat after an uncharacteristic start and some misplaced lateral steps. But she gathered herself for a strong finish to come in third behind Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and Marie Jose Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast.

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Sarah H

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