there was a lot of talk about the young american sha'carri richardson, who came out blazaing fast thislot of people got excited about, but10.63, shelly—ann is definitely cementing her status as the favourite. tennis, and roger federer admists he's considering pulling out of the french open after a gruelling four set victory over germany's dominik koepfer. the match lasted more than 3.5 hours. the eighth seed is playing in only his third tournament since january last year after two knee surgeries. i thought it was very important for me. i clearly had not practised three hours 35 minutes because that is obviously always pushing it. i pushed as much as i could as i thought reasonable. but this, today, was i think a huge step forward for the team and for all of us. i did not expect to be able to win three matches here and back up a good performance of marin cilic and completely different com pletely different circumstances completely different circumstances tonight so i'm very happy and i think we have a lot to go through with the team tonight. dozens of people are facing fines for taking

ms fraser—pryce beat the 10.72 seconds run by sha'carri richardson earlier this year, and is second only since 1988. johanna gretschel is a sports journalist and long—distance runner herself and joins me now from texas. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. . programme. thank you so much for having _ programme. thank you so much for having me. _ programme. thank you so much for having me. this _ programme. thank you so much for having me. this seems - programme. thank you so much for having me. this seems like i for having me. this seems like a re for having me. this seems like a pretty significant _ a pretty significant achievement, what do you make of it? . , ':: of it? incredible, 10.63, we haven't seen _ of it? incredible, 10.63, we haven't seen a _ of it? incredible, 10.63, we haven't seen a time - of it? incredible, 10.63, we haven't seen a time like - of it? incredible, 10.63, we| haven't seen a time like this in nearly 33 years and the fastest anyone has run this year is 10.72. to take the lead

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here comes sha'carri. richardsond not smile? every time i watch that, it makes me smile. and, like many olympians, she had fans in the stands cheering her on. after the race, she fell into the arms of her grandmother, one of many people rooting for her. she may have gained more fans as we learned about her back story. that fiery hair style that made her look like a superhero, she said it was her girlfriend's idea, something loud and vibrant that reflected her personality. but we also learned more about her support network, namely, someone who was not there to cheer her on in person. >> she has been crazy for me, going from just last week, losing my biological mother and i'm still here. >> what did you say? you lost your mother? >> yeah. i'm still here. last week finding out my biological mother passed away, and still choosing to pursue my dreams, still coming out here, still here to make the family that i do still have on this earth proud, and the fact that nobody knows what i go through. everybody has struggles and

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trayvon bromell in the men's 100 heat and sha'carri richardson in the women's 100 as well. coverage of the track and field olympic trials tomorrow 8:00 p.m. tomorrow on nbcsn and streaming on peacock. what a day it's been today. this brought the stadium to its feet. coming up next, except on the west coast, your local >>> next at 11, it's starting to feel normal again. >> it's like a birthday present we can be out and about. >>> a night out in the street plus how to get one of the state's digital vaccine cards and why you may or may not need one. line to include electric cycles. we used the unlimited 1.5 percent cash back from our chase ink business unlimited ® credit card to help purchase tools and materials to build new models. and each time we use our card, we earn cash back to help grow our business. it's more than cycling, it's finding innovative ways to move forward. chase for business ® . make more of what's yours ® . >>> right now at 11, the masks are off and the parties are on. friday night is back in the bay area. how many are celebrating tonight. >>> also this ev

and it's hard to not be inspired by sha'carri richardson. my girl, have you seen this?ic track and field trials. look at that hair. the week before she did this, she learned that her biological mother had died just the week before. after the race, she ran into the stands and shared an emotional hug with her grandmother. i'll have a lot more to say about her and her awesome hair in our next hour. joining us now to discuss all of this is jim basinski, welcome. founder of outsports.com. glad to have you with us. >> thanks, joshua. >> what did you make of carl nassib's announcement and the reaction to it? >> well, it was momentous. the nfl has been playing football 102 years and he's going to be the first gay player to come out while being active. and the reaction was kind of what i had expected. the raider owner was very nonchalant about, hey, fine by me. he's a member of our family. the raiders players and teammates were great. commissioner roger goodell, wloz -- who has a gay brother he's proud of, he was fantastic. so i've not heard a single negative thing from anyone,