Sha'Carri Richardson Races to Redemption with 100-meter Win

Sha'Carri Richardson won the 100-meter race at the world track and field championships, completing a comeback years in the making.

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00:00 "Shakari Richardson is not bad, she's better."

00:03 Those were the words of the US sprinter

00:05 after she won the 100 meters at the World Championships,

00:08 besting her Jamaican counterparts

00:09 to claim the title of fastest woman in the world.

00:12 This of course comes after a tumultuous couple years

00:15 for Richardson, who was disqualified from the last Olympics

00:18 due to a positive marijuana test,

00:20 which she followed up with a last place finish

00:22 in her next race.

00:23 So even if her return to the top took a while,

00:26 Sha'Carri's comeback was complete in just 10.65 seconds.