Tag: Sha’Carri Richardson

Sha’Carri Richardson explained her positive drug test and fans gave her so much support

This is so heartbreaking.

Sha’Carri Richardson absolutely captured the hearts of people everywhere with her performance in Olympic trials.

Not only did she run an excellent time with a 10.84, but she just showed so much personality. Her charisma was infectious. She seemed so relatable for so many people. You immediately loved her and loved her story. And, most of all, you couldn’t wait to see her in the Olympics.

But now, that’s out of the picture. At least part of it.

Richardson has been suspended for one month after a positive test for marijuana, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced on Friday. The test invalidates her performance at trials, where she won the 100-metre dash. Because of the test, she’ll miss the 100m race at the Tokyo Olympics in a few weeks.

Just an absolutely heartbreaking turn of events. Richardson did an interview with the TODAY show to explain the positive test.

She said she was trying to cope with learning about the loss of her biological mother at trials while also getting ready to compete. That’s…a lot to handle.

“I just, honestly, want to take responsibility for my actions. I know what I did, I know what I’m supposed to do…and I still made that decision. I’m not making an excuse and I’m not looking for any empathy in my case. But just…being in that position of my life and finding out something like that, something that I would say is one of the biggest things that has impacted me positively and negatively in my life — when it comes to dealing with the relationship I have with my mother. It definitely was a very heavy topic on me and people don’t really understand what it’s like to have to…put on a face and have to go out in front of the world and hide my pain.” 

That’s just so heartbreaking. And her suspension, on top of that, has to be weighing even more on her.

Fans everywhere felt so bad for her.