TOKYO (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson saved the day in her relay. Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone put exclamation points on theirs. The best in the U.S. splashed through the rainy relays Sunday in Tokyo to capture three gold medals and close out world championships on a night when track also bid a hug-filled farewell to Jamaica’s sprint legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

“I felt like I ran with my heart because of the ladies I'm standing with,” Richardson said, as she celebrated her first gold medal of a championships that was far from perfect. “I feel really good. It came back. I'm ready to start all over again.” It has been a tough, injury-tainted year for Richardson, who finished fifth last weekend in the women's 100. Even so, the U.S. put her on the anchor leg for the 4x100 relay —

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