Sha’Carri Richardson overcame the anger and struggles following her doping ban to reclaim her place as a world champion.
Reigning world 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson has been through it all when it comes to life on and off the track.
Richardson is one of the most accomplished sprinters but she has had to overcome a series of challenges to make a name for herself, especially after the doping ban.
The Olympic 100m silver medallist tested positive for the banned substance cannabis after she burst into sprinting at the US Olympic trials in 2021.
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Sha’Carri Richardson was due to make her first appearance at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games but had to forego her dream and wait three more years to make her dream come true.
She had to process everything in 2022 and that year, Richardson admits that it was one of the roughest moments of her life. Richardson had a low self-image that reflected on everything she did even during her interviews.
She failed to make the cut to the US team for the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon on home soil but putting in the inner work enabled her to bounce back to winning ways.
“I feel like where I am now, I’ve been this person it’s just been with a person, it’s just been with it’s just been locked in and I just had to pull it out,” Sha’Carri Richardson said in a past interview with Citius Mag.
“Like last year (2022), I was angry, I saw red everywhere I went and I was going to make sure everybody felt that as well.”
However, Sha’Carri Richardson has managed to rise through the storm and make a name for herself, being one of the most loved track and field stars.
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She made the US team to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2023 where she claimed top honours in the women’s 100m, beating Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to second and third places respectively.
At the Paris Olympic Games, she finished second behind Julien Alfred in the women’s 100m and anchored the American women’s 4x100m relay team to victory.
“Now, I’m at a point where I see me and I want everybody to see me as well whether I’m running fast or I’m just here talking. I’m in a position to be entirely whole now,” Richardson opened up.
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Everything you need to know about American sprinting sensation Sha’Carri Richardson.
“I love the fact that track is expanding and we know what we are signing up for and the track is not as big as basketball.”
For 2025, the main pressure will be on her to defend her title at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Richardson has already began preparations towards the challenge as she looks to go up against the new crop of sprinters.
