Paris Olympics: The Gilfriend’s Day present from Sha’Carri Richardson ignites…
Three years ago, Sha’Carri Richardson was regarded as the next big American female track star, and the excitement was genuine.
It was the kind of opportunity that only a select few get: the chance to become well-known, to win an Olympic medal, and, let us face it, probably a ton of money. Not only was Richardson a phenomenal athlete at age 21, but he also had a stunning appearance, often competing with long, multicolored hair and nails.
Then everything went wrong: a positive test for THC, or cannabis, which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency since the 1990s but is allowed in Oregon, the site of the Olympic trials.
Richardson claimed to have taken the drug to cope with her anxiety over making the Olympic team and her grief over her biological mother’s passing. However, she received a one-month competitive suspension, which meant she was unable to participate in the Olympics in Tokyo.
Richardson claimed to have taken the drug to cope with her anxiety over making the Olympic team and her grief over her biological mother’s passing. However, she received a one-month competitive suspension, which meant she was unable to participate in the Olympics in Tokyo.
However, Richardson mostly vanished from the minds of many Americans who follow track and field primarily at the Olympics after that.
Thus far.
Richardson won the gold in the 100-meter and 4×100-meter relay events at the World Championships the previous year. Then, a month ago, she won the 100-meter U.S. Olympic trials.
