The team for the Tokyo World Championships has been announced, and it’s a bittersweet moment for American track and field. To start with, earlier we got to know the 200m Olympics gold medalist Gabby Thomas is not going to Tokyo because of her injury. A potential 200m sprinter and useful legs in the relays. The gold in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay from Paris speaks for itself. And as if this setback was not enough, another American is now out of the team.

Let’s first take a look at the athletes who will now be representing the USA in women’s 100m: Sha’Carri Richardson (BYE), Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Kayla White, and TeeTee Terry. Surprised? Yes, this is quite different from the entrants that were finalised after the USATF Championships results. Back then, there was Melissa, of course, phen

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