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Sha'Carri Richardson ran through trials and tribulations these past few years only to triumph and cross the finish line in first place at both the 2023 USA and World Track and Field championships. She proved her "I'm not back; I'm better" mantra to be true this year — from getting suspended and no longer being qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana to losing to Jamaican runner Elaine Thompson-Herah in the Prefontaine Classic. The 23-year-old track star ran to claim her title as the fastest woman in the world. Her perseverance is what led the board of the Dallas Independent School District, where she was a student from elementary to high school, to vote unanimously to rename a track in her honor. Let's see who follows in her fast footsteps on the Sha'Carri Richardson Track.