Sha'Carri Richardson Shatters Records, Claims Gold in World Athletics Championships 100m

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Sha'Carri Richardson Shatters Records, Claims Gold in World Athletics Championships 100m
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Sha'Carri Richardson of the United States won the women's 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, defeating Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson. Richardson set a championship record time of 10.65 seconds despite starting in lane nine. This victory comes after Richardson was barred from the Tokyo Olympics and failed to qualify for the previous world championships. In other events, Grant Holloway of the US won his third consecutive world 110m hurdles title, while Sweden's Daniel Stahl claimed the men's discus gold and Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso won the men's triple jump.

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