Tokyo 2025: Sha'Carri Richardson anchors Team USA to 4x100m GOLD, Jamaica wins Silver to honour Fraser-Pryce's retirement

For the third consecutive time at the world championships, Team USA are 4x100m world champions, after blazing to victory with a powerful anchor leg by Sha'Carri Richardson to finish ahead of Jamaica in Tokyo.

The American brilliant quartet, featuring the newly crowned double world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, an exceptional second leg run by Tee Tee Terry, a storming third leg run by Kayla White, and Richardson brought it home on a rainy, wet track in Tokyo clocking 41.75s.

Jamaica, inspired by the legendary Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as the lead-off runner, joined by Tia Clayton and Tina Clayton, settled for the silver medal with a powerful anchor leg from Jonelle Smith to bring it home in 41.79s, while Germany got the deserving bronze medal in 41.87s.

With Team USA's victory, Richardson has now anchored her country to three consecutive titles in a major championship final (Budapest 2023, Paris 2024, and Tokyo 2025).

For Jefferson-Wooden, she completed a hat-trick of gold medals after her historic sprint double in the 100m and 200m, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat since Fraser-Pryce (Moscow 2013).

The legendary Jamaican sprint queen Fraser-Pryce also got a perfect send-off for her retirement with a shining silver medal, coincidentally matching her first-ever medal at the world championships at Osaka 2007.

She will now look ahead to a wonderful retirement after a glorious 18-year career in the sport, and who knows, she may just be back next season.

After all, she still looks so good among the world's best sprinters and ran the fastest relay leg in the 4x100m final in Tokyo.