Watch Sha'Carri Richardson's Record Breaking 100-Meter Victory At Worlds

BUDAPEST, Hungary Track, and fame, can be brutal games. Nobody felt that more over the past two years than American sprinter ShaCarri Richardson.

On a sultry Monday night a half-world away from where her problems began , the 23-year-old earned a gold medal at the world championships in the biggest 100-meter race this side of the Olympics. (Watch the video below.)

Her victory, in 10.65 seconds over Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, capped a comeback two years in the making and made good on the mantra shes been reciting all year and repeated yet again after her latest victory: Im not back. Im better.

Heres the angle of her winning from the outside lane to triumph over her Jamaican rivals.

Simply stunning. An all-time race. pic.twitter.com/cokIpXXaBf

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Simply stunning. An all-time race. pic.twitter.com/cokIpXXaBf
Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) August 21, 2023

Two summers ago after Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, Richardsons road to the Tokyo Games was roadblocked by a positive test for marijuana. Her name turned into a litmus test in a wide-ranging debate about race, fairness, the often-impenetrable anti-doping rulebook and, ultimately, about the sometimes razor-thin line between right and wrong.

Richardson said she soaked it all in, surrounded herself with supporters, tried to drown out the rest.

I would say never give up, she said when asked what message this victory sent. Never allow media, never allow outsiders, never allow anything but yourself and your faith define who you are. I would say Always fight. No matter what, fight.