Lauren Cross looked around the four-lane running track at David W. Carter high school in Dallas and tries to sum up what her goddaughter, world 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson, means to this community.Roxxi Sutton, a student at David W. Carter, met Richardson in November last year, after her triumph in Budapest.
World Athletics has promised Olympic champions US $50,000 this summer.
Jamaica's two-time world champion Shericka Jackson sealed victory in the women's 200m at the Diamond League meet in Marrakesh on Sunday as she set her focus on this summer's Paris Olympics.- El Bakkali wins on home soil - It was El Bakkali's third successive victory at Diamond League events in Morocco to bring the curtain down perfectly on the meet in Marrakesh.
Olympic and European 100m champion Marcell Jacobs is looking for redemption as he returns home to defend his title at the European Athletics Championships in Rome next month.