The 23-year-old Sha'Carri Richardson stunned the world with a gold medal for the United States in the women’s 100m race in the World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest, Hungary) by setting up a Championship record.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 100 Metres – The Race and The Stunning Winner
On Monday (21 August), Sha'Carri Richardson finished the women’s 100m final in 10.65 seconds to win the gold medal. It was the new championship record that beat Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s record of 10.67 seconds in the 2022 edition.
It was the first major international championship for Richardson. In the early moment of the final race, Richardson wasn’t anyway favourite for the crown as she was fighting from behind, but she surprised everyone in the last moment of the race. Even the American racer herself couldn’t believe the final result.
After Tori Bowie’s gold medal in the 2017 edition, Richardson became the first American to win a medal in the women’s 100m race in the World Athletics Championships 2023.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 100 Metres – Jamaican medals
Meanwhile, the defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce secured the bronze medal for Jamaica with her season-best performance of 10.77s. The 2022 silver medallist, another Jamaican Shericka Jackson once again won the silver medal in the Budapest race (10.72s).
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 100 Metres (Final Status)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Mark |
1 | Sha'Carri Richardson | United States | 10.65 (CR) |
2 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica | 10.72 |
3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica | 10.77 (SB) |
4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 10.81 |
5 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia | 10.83 |
6 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland | 10.97 |
7 | Brittany Brown | United States | 10.97 |
8 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | 11.00 |
9 | Tamari Davis | United States | 11.03 |
(NOTE: CR = Championship Record; SB = Season Best)
What did Sha'Carri Richardson say?
Richardson is impressed with her strong start.
The American said in the press conference, "I would definitely say it's a good start. From the beginning of the journey, I'm honoured, I'm blessed, it was a great competition and brought out the best in myself. I'm not back, I'm better, and I'm going to continue to be better."
