Jefferson-Wooden's winning time was short of the 10.65 seconds she ran in the US track and field championship at the start of August, but only bettered this year by Olympic champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.
Powered by awesome running from her team members Olympic 200m Gold medalist Gabby Thomas, 100m Bronze medalist Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry, Sha'Carri Richardson ran a super fast final leg to ensure that the US won its first Olympic gold medal in the 4x100 relay since 2016.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce matched her season's best of 10.67 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the only one of Jamaica's "Big Three" women to show up at the Commonwealth Games, was rewarded with the 100 metres gold medal on Wednesday, while Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala powered to the men's title.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
Allyson Felix became the first woman to collect five athletics gold medals.
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday, Day 8.
Images from Saturday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
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