Tokyo: Things didn’t bode well for Torrie Lewis before she even crouched to the blocks.

In the lane next to her was Sha’Carri Richardson, the flamboyant American reigning world champion. Two lanes beyond her was Shericka Jackson, the Jamaican who won silver behind Richardson when she won gold in Budapest two years ago. Oh, and she won silver at the worlds before that and has more gold on her walls than the Oval Office from her sprint relay wins.

You might be able to draw a tougher heat, but I’m not sure how. To advance, Lewis needed to finish in the top three. Or be in the next three fastest times.

She did both.

Lewis broke her own national record to finish third behind Richardson and Jackson, of course, in 11.08 seconds. The wind was a legal +1.4.

It was the slowest of the times Lew

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