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Sha’Carri Richardson’s statement win in Doha reignites a career that was on the edge of the cliff

Sha'Carri Richardson goes 10.75w, 10.57w, Coleman wins a close one, and Abby Steiner ends meet with win at 2023 Miramar Invite!

Sha’Carrie Richardson really showed her speed, style, and focus with the meet record win in Doha on 5 May 2023. Providing us his analysis of her triumph is Deji Ogeyingbo.

Sha’Carri Richardson’s statement win in Doha reignites a career that was on the edge of the cliff.

It was perhaps fitting that on the week Olympic Gold medallist Tori Bowie passed away, her compatriot Sha’Carri Richardson was the sprinter that took down one of her meet records in the Wanda Diamond League. Bowie had held the record since 2016, and Richardson shaved 0.04s off it to blitz to a new record of 10.76s and claim a very first win in the annual series of elite track and field athletic competition.

Sha’Carri Richardson, USATF Outdoor Track and Field, Championships held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, June 23-26, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris

There are so many things to unravel from Richardson’s win in Doha, but the top of the list has to be what to make of this win that saw her take down some of the finest sprinters on the circuit at the moment. The win was self-assured, dominant, and bullish. She showed signs of these attributes in the early stages of her career and could be in full force if she stays consistent. 

On the surface, it is glaring to see how difficult she is to beat if she concentrates on her running, and Doha is another case in point of her keeping her head level and delivering when it matters most. To her left on the track were the last two gold medallists at the world championships in the mold of Shericka Jackson and Dina Asher-Smith while one of the most precocious sprinters who is on a mission to take her spot as the top in US sprinting Abby Steiner was two lanes to her right. 

Maybe this played on her mind and took her concentration level a notch higher. The question remains if she can maintain it for the rest of the season and when the odds are against her. As we’ve seen over the past two seasons, it doesn’t take much for that to happen. But here, in her much more trimmed posture and contrite appearance, Richardson was unflustered by the adroitness of Jackson, who prior to the race, held the world lead with 10.82s. 

“I’m so blessed…

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