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The track and field world witnessed history in the making in the 2023 World Athletics Championships earlier this month. Now the excitement that built in Budapest has been carried over to Zurich where the Weltklasse Zurich has already begun. The one to look out for in the Zurich Diamond League is Sha?Carri Richardson who created a new benchmark in the women’s 100m event at the World Athletics Championships. Now she wishes to continue her dominance but there is a huge hurdle in her way.

Sha?Carri Richardson climbed her way back in the list of top 10 fastest female sprinters in the world. Tonight, she will be contending yet again against some of the toughest competitors which include the world?s fastest woman alive.

Sha?Carri Richardson to race against Elaine Thompson-Herah

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Sha?Carri Richardson the American breakout sprinting star has already trounced two legendary Jamaican sprinters in the 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships. Both Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce could not match her speed on the tracks as she blitzed into victory at 10.65 seconds.

This time marked the World Championships record time and also tied her with Shericka Jackson for the best time in 2023. But the all-time fastest time in the women’s 100-meter race still belongs to Elaine Thompson-Herah. She created it in the 2021 Prefontaine Classic by finishing the race in 10.54 seconds.

According to the Diamond League official website, Sha?Carri Richardson will face the Jamaican legend on 31st August 2023 as part of the 11th Wanda Diamond League meeting.

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The showdown between Elaine Thompson-Herah and Sha?Carri Richardson is a highly buzzed-about event in the world of athletics. The former is touted as the absolute champion of the 100-meter race and has the Olympic gold medals and world records to back up her claim. She is a 5-time Olympic Champion and has consistently dominated the sprinting world.

Other than the legendary Usain Bolt, she has won both the 100-meter and 200-meter golds consecutively at two Olympic Games. Now the 31-year-old sprinting trailblazer from Jamaica will face the rising star and new 100-meter world champion Sha?Carri Richardson. Fans are eagerly waiting to watch these two exceptional athletes compete for the last glory of the 2023 season.

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Catch the epic showdown

There are less than twelve hours left before Richardson and Thompson step out to the track at the Letzigrund Stadium. The fans can catch the action live on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube page. Several other broadcasters from different countries also have clearance to stream the race live on their channels. The live stream on the official YouTube channel will start at 20:00 [GMT+2].

Read More: After Missing Showdown With Sha?Carri Richardson, World?s Fastest Woman Alive Elaine Thompson Finally Enters World Athletics Championship 2023 For Jamaica

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Fans will not want to miss Sha?Carri Richardson, the world leader competing against Elaine Thompson-Herah, the meeting record holder. The final for the Heat A will take place at 22:42 tonight. At the end of tonight?s race, only one woman will walk away with the Gold medal and hold the bragging rights until next year.

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