“ Shericka Jackson with a very nice start. Sha’Carri Richardson has some work to do, needs to be in the top three .” And Richardson delivered. The 100m world champion showed signs of her old self in the 100m heat of the Tokyo World Championships on Day 1. Despite Shericka Jakson taking an early lead into the race, Richardson accelerated into the final few meters of the race and took the win in 11.03 seconds, one hundredth of a second ahead of Jackson and the new season best for the athlete. But did that signal the end of her troubles?

Not quite. Sha’Carri Richardson was slow. Not just compared to her standard, but slower than other athletes as well. Julien Alfred recorded 10.93s, Darryl Neitaran a season best of 10.94s. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden clocked 10.99s. Even Tina Clayton was fas

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