Sha'Carri Richardson, USA 400-meter relay team set World Championship record, win gold

Star United States sprinter and former LSU speedster Sha’Carri Richardson helped take home another medal for herself and the USA on Saturday at the World Athletic Championships in Budapest. Anchoring the 400-meter relay, Richardson helped fend off a challenge from the Jamaican team as the United States set a World Championship record time of 41.03.

Richardson anchored the relay for team USA, running the final 100 meters of the race and holding off a challenge from Jamaica. Richardson was given a strong leg up by Gabby Thomas closing strong in the third portion of the relay.

Then it was all Richardson as she took home her third medal in Budapest.

Make it 3⃣ for Sha'Carri in Budapest! 🥇🥇🥉@itskerrii anchored a World Championship record 4×100 time of 41.03 to earn another medal!#GeauxTigers | 📺 Peacock pic.twitter.com/wTpaq5RCPC

— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) August 26, 2023

Richardson has won gold in the 400-meter relay and 100 meter dash. She also earned a bronze in Budapest.

Richardson’s win in the 100 meters was no small feat, either

Richardson ran the 100-meter dash in 10.65 seconds to win the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

The former LSU standout outlasted Jamaican stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson to claim the gold medal, which is the first world title in her career.

The United States claimed both 100 meter victories in Budapest with Noah Lyles winning the men’s race Sunday.

The 23-year-old Richardson is tied with Jackson for the fastest time run by a woman this year at 10.65 seconds. Her 10.65-second run also set the record for fastest run at the World Athletics Championships.

Fraser-Pryce, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meters, was the defending world champion.

Two other Americans ran in the 100 meter finals: Brittany Brown and Tamari Davis. Brown finished in seventh place and Davis finished in ninth place.

Richardson’s one of multiple Americans starring in Budapest this year

With Sha’Carri Richardson’s title in tow, the United States has won five gold medals so far at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

In addition to Richardson and Lyles winning the 100 meters, Grant Holloway won the 110 meter hurdles. The 25-year-old hurdler has won the last three gold medals in the event at the World Athletics Championships. However, he won the silver medal at the Olympics in Tokyo.

“I’m speechless right now,” Holloway said, via Reuters. “Nothing feels like the first one, but this one I’m definitely going to cherish in my heart.”

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser won his second first place prize in the shot put at the World Athletics Championships with a championship-record performance.

The United States also won the mixed 4×400 meters relay with Matthew Boling, Rosey Effiong, Alexis Holmes and Justin Robinson running in the final race.

The 2023 World Athletics Championships continues in Hungary for the rest of the week at the National Athletics Centre.