Sha’Carri Richardson is probably going through one of the worst phases of her life, if not the worst. Poor performance on the track, getting arrested, and whatnot. The one way to calm it all down. Win the World championships. But her current form does not feel like that of a winner, though she has been back from the worst. Let’s hop on the time machine and go back a year. In the early 2024 Diamond League season, Richardson looked like she was still finding her rhythm, clocking a decent but uninspiring 22.99s for second place in Xiamen before slowing down even more to 23.11s a week later in Shanghai/Suzhou for third. What happened next was testimony to why they call her a GOAT.

At the 2024 US Trials semis, the 2023 World Champion roared back, winning the 200m in a season-best 21.92s; no on

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