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American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson busted the rust on Sunday, as she did last year, by not being in peak form early. She will be saving her 10-something sprints for the lead-up to the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships.
In Tokyo, during the Seiko Golden Grand Prix 2025, she finished fourth in the 100 metres event, clocking a pedestrian 11.47 seconds. In 2024, the now 25-year-old had performances as slow as 11.23 — she will likely return to form, fit as ever.
🇦🇺Bree Rizzo 11.38 (-0.9) to win 100m race in Tokyo.
— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) May 18, 2025
🇺🇸Sha’Carri Richardson 11.47 for 4th in her first race of the year pic.twitter.com/mVNAhCFEz3
Australian Bree Rizzo won in a time of 11.38. Finishing in second place was Terri Twanisha in 11.42. Canada’s Sade McCreath took third in 11.46. McCreath holds a personal best of 11.21, Rizzo 11.23, Twanisha has run as fast as a legal 10.82.
All five finishers behind Richardson were Japanese, all within 11.56 and 11.82 seconds and 10.74 wind-aided.
Richardson has been known to start her seasons low and end them on a low. During the Tokyo race, she appeared mechanically rusty and not sharp. However, none of the athletes in the race appeared to be in top form.
| LANE | BIB | NAME | TEAM COUNTRY | RESULT | PLACE | REMARK | REACTION TIME | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | Bree RIZZO （95） | AUS AUS | 11.38 -0.9 | 1 | 0.156 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Twanisha TERRY （91） | USA USA | 11.42 -0.9 | 2 | 0.161 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Sade MCCREATH （96） | CAN CAN | 11.46 -0.9 | 3 | 0.130 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Sha’Carri RICHARDSON 00） | USA USA | 11.47 -0.9 | 4 | 0.181 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Manaka MIURA （02） | JPN | 11.56 -0.9 | 5 | 0.140 | |||
| 9 | 7 | Hinami YAMANAKA （96） | JPN | 11.66 -0.9 | 6 | 0.147 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Yume OKUNO （03） | JPN | 11.77 -0.9 | 7 | 0.147 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Midori MIKASE （01） | JPN | 11.78 -0.9 | 8 | 0.129 | |||
| 1 | 9 | Aiko IKI （00） | JPN | 11.82 -0.9 | 9 | 0.175 |
