Sha’Carri Richardson responds to sprint challenge from IShowSpeed.
Olympic 100m silver medalist Sha’Carri Richardson has set a challenge to internet sensation IShowSpeed to train alongside her, after the streamer proposed a race with the Paris 2024 Olympian.
The American sprint sensation who is the reigning world 100m champion met Darren Watkins Jr, who goes by the name of IShowSpeed or Speed, at the Super Bowl flag football game on February 8, which he was playing in.
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Watkins challenged Richardson to race against him, which she counteracted by asking the social media star to come along to her training camp.
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According to Olympics.com, Richardson told Watkins: “Before we race, I got to teach you how to be a sprinter first…You come down for a day, you do my entire workout, and after that, we can set something up. But you got to do what I do first before we race…You got to be a track athlete first before a race.”
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Watkins is one of the most followed streamers in the world, with his pseudonym inspired by his pace on the track.
He has already raced another Olympic champion in Noah Lyles over 50m back in November 2024, which he lost.
However Watkins, who is from Ohio in the USA, has expressed his interest in competing at the Olympic Games LA 2028.
