Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's 100m Semi Finals - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 21, 2023 Jamaica's Shericka Jackson crosses the line to finish first in heat 2 ahead of second placed Cote D'Ivoire's Marie-Josee Ta Lou and third placed Sha'carri Richardson of the U.S. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Sha'Carri Richardson scraped into the women's World Championship 100 metres final on Monday as a fast loser after just about recovering from a terrible start in a heat where Shericka Jackson and Marie-Josee Ta Lou dead heated in 10.79 seconds.
The three fastest in the world this year lined up side by side in the second heat but American Richardson was left for dead at the start as Jamaican Jackson, the world leader, and Ivorian Ta Lou were a metre up before she was upright.
