Sha'Carri Richardson is seeking to retain her world 100 metres title

Sha'Carri Richardson is seeking to retain her world 100 metres title

 Yuichi YAMAZAKI

Defending champion Sha'Carri Richardson scraped into the 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, qualifying as one of the two fastest losers.

The 25-year-old American rose from one of the two trackside seats reserved for the fastest losers, having sat through the other two semi-finals, and did an impression of aiming a fist at a punch bag.

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