HOLD: Diamond League Brussels pits Sha'Carri Richardson's potential vs. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's production
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If you lost track of mercurial sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson after U.S. trials in late June, well… she's back. On Tuesday she ran 11.29 seconds, on a soggy track, against a brisk headwind, to win a 100-metre race in Switzerland, and if you're eager to load the final weeks of track season with subplots, here we go:
The other seven runners greeted Richardson with some of the most reluctant congratulatory hugs ever captured on camera. Is there drama here? A hint that her fellow pro sprinters didn't welcome her return after a lengthy mid-season absence?
Maybe.
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