Sha’Carri Richardson on why she dons different looks for different races as she gears up for epic 2025 season.
Six months ago, American sprint queen Sha’Carri Richardson gave her passionate fans a pre-Olympic gift.
The Paris Olympic 4x100m relay champion changed her looks prior to the quadrennial show, something that drew mixed reactions from her adoring fans.
Sha’Carri Richardson is expected to rekindle rivalry with Olympic Champion Julien Alfred but has delivered a stern warning ahead of world title defense.
The 2023 100m world champion flashed her trademark long fingernails for her official Team USA Olympic portrait ahead of Paris, and while she ditched the colourful hair seen at the U.S. Trials in June, her imposing quality on the track was plain for all to see.
“My looks are always mixed up. You never know what you’re going to get when it comes to me,” Richardson told Olympics.com. The change in her physical appearance was aimed at giving her a new face and boost her confidence enroute to the Paris Olympics.
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Richardson, a two-time world champion, said he has always strived to live the best life and people need to appreciate her the way she is. “That’s just authentically who I am. I never play small, this is how I show up in life,” she added.
Despite bagging the Olympic 100m silver medal, Sha’Carri was disappointed for failure to clinch gold after she was pipped to the most coveted medal by the then little-known Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.
After the festive period, preparations have reached homestretch for athletes ahead of a busy calendar and for Richardson, the 24-year-old needs to get her act together if she is to successfully defend the 100m world title in Tokyo.
Redemption and revenge could be on the cards for the Texas-born track and field suparstar whose personal best of 10.65 sec in 2023 is the highlight of her career.
Richardson won gold in the 100 m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, beating Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a new championships record time of 10.65 seconds and she can draw inspiration from this experience that impossible is nothing.
