The women’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was framed as the marquee event of the competition. With Olympic champion Julien Alfred, reigning world champion Sha’Carri Richardson, and world leader Melissa Jefferson-Wooden all entered, anticipation soared. The prospect of the Olympic podium revisiting their rivalry on the global stage had been described as a race with as much intrigue as a “Hollywood blockbuster”- Olympics.com. Yet within hours of the final, the storyline shifted dramatically.

The much-anticipated final on September 14 delivered brilliance from Jefferson-Wooden. The 22-year-old American stormed to victory in a championship record of 10.61 seconds, the fourth-fastest time ever recorded. “It has been an amazing year,” Jefferson-Wooden said afterward

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