Sha'Carri Richardson ran the fastest women's 100m clip of the twelvemonth arsenic she laid down a marker successful her bid to suffice for the World Championships.
The 23-year-old American clocked a clip of 10.71 seconds successful the heats astatine the US athletics championships successful Oregon.
Richardson's clip bushed the 10.75 ran by Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast astatine the Oslo Diamond League past month.
She besides shaved one-tenth of a 2nd disconnected her idiosyncratic best, acceptable successful 2021 astatine the Miramar Invitational successful Florida.
The 100m semi-finals and last volition beryllium held connected Friday with the apical 3 US sprinters qualifying for adjacent month's World Championships successful Budapest.
Richardson missed the Covid-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics aft she was fixed a ban pursuing a affirmative cannabis test.