Richardson is the fastest woman in the world with new championship record at Budapest 2023

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson wins the world 100-meter title with a personal best of 10.65 seconds, a new championship record. The former record of 10.67 was set by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2022.

Richardson, whose Tokyo Olympic dreams were dashed after a positive marijuana test, won the world title Monday in Hungary, loudly asserting her status as a Paris 2024 medal contender.

The 23-year-old gobbled up 100 meters in a blazing, personal-best 10.65 seconds at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest.

In 2021, Richardson had appeared to punch her ticket to the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games after winning the women’s 100-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

But she was suspended and missed Tokyo after testing positive for THC, the chemical in cannabis.

The sprinter accepted responsibility for her actions while explaining she took the drug to cope with the stress of her mother’s sudden death.

Even before her win Monday, she was considered a favorite to take an Olympics spot for Paris as she won the U.S. 100-meter title last month.

Richardson rallied past Jamaican Shericka Jackson (silver, 10.72) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (bronze, 10.77) in her global championship debut.

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