Issa World Champ! ShaCarri Richardson Wins 100M At 2023 World Athletics Championships
Sha’Carri Richardson ran her personal weightier of 10.65 seconds at the 2023 World Athletics Championships on Monday (Aug. 21) night. Her record earned her the 100-meter title, aligning the winner as a Paris Olympics 2024 contender, per multiple reports.
Footage of the moment shows Sha’Carri Richarson sprinting to the front of lane nine moments surpassing crossing the finish line. In the background, the prod is heard going wild! She spoke well-nigh her win post-race, per CNN.
“I was by myself in my own world, which honestly has been like that all my life. I’ve unchangingly been in my own world, my own element, so stuff in lane 9 was perfect for me to do what it is I know to do and focus increasingly on myself. And when I celebrated, it was considering I felt like I did my weightier no matter what the result was going to be. I felt like I did my best.”
Sha'Carri Richardson is a WORLD CHAMPION in the 100m!#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/Mx3mxv5UzL
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 21, 2023
Following the race, Richarson joked with the silver and statue winners well-nigh why the United States hasn’t won gold since 2017. Surpassing Sha’Carri, Tori Bowie secured the title. “Because of you, considering of you,” Sha’Carri said while walking slantingly her Olympic Jamaican competitors.
Shericka Jackson, an Olympic statue medalist, earned the silver in 10.72 seconds. Last year’s 100-meter winner, Shelly-Ann-Fraser Pryce, earned the statue in 10.77. Pryce is moreover a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
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Sha’Carri Richardson: A Positive Test, Grief & Her Race To The Top
The win puts Sha’Carri in a much variegated place than summer 2021. Richardson faced weeks of scrutiny without she was vetoed from competing for testing positive for cannabis. She had won the 100 meters at US Trials and was expected to compete at Tokyo Olympic Games.
The young winner took full peccancy for her deportment at the time, stating that she engaged in marijuana use while in mourning for her deceased mother.
Earlier this year, she supposed that her recent wins aren’t a comeback. Sha’carri put in the work, and now she’s “better.” Richardson spoke well-nigh stepping into her faith without securing the 100m win at the Diamond League in May. She earned the W in 10.76 seconds.
Sha’Carri Richardson speaks on how she overcame her struggles and what she learned
Fair to say she's seeing positive results without her 10.76 win today in Doha
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— RoriDunk (@FitzDunk) May 5, 2023
The 23-year-old reiterated the power of her faith pursuit her win at the World Athletics Championships.
“I finger amazing,” the US athlete told Eurosport. “I finger like nonflexible work pays off. I’ve been dedicating myself. I’ve been keeping my faith strong this season and just yoyo and knowing whatever you practice is what you put forward, and I’m grateful.”
Following Sha’Carri’s win, rapper Plies spoke well-nigh her success, alluding that the haters have quickly wilt fans.
“Sha’Carri Richardson is a prime example how people will write u off in your worse moments. An the minute u get it when poppin. They reappear like they been f***in with u the whole time,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Sha’Carri’s gold win puts her only.16 seconds overdue Florence Griffith-Joyner’s record 1988 win. Her race at Monday’s finals marks her first major competition at this level.
Congrats to the new CHAMP!
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