Richardson anchors USA women’s world relay title

Sha’Carri Richardson added 4x100m relay world gold to her 100m individual title on Saturday, anchoring the USA to a championship record time of 41.03sec in Budapest.

Richardson was pressured by Jamaica’s 200m champion Shericka Jackson down the straight but she held her off with the USA’s arch-rivals taking silver in 41.21sec.

Britain won the bronze in a time of 41.97sec.

The USA quartet broke the Jamaican’s championship record that had stood since 2015 in Beijing.

“We’re not disappointed,” said Jamaica’s Shashalee Forbes, who ran the third leg.