Sha’Carri Richardson Will Miss Olympics After Not Being Chosen for Relays
The New York Times
The star sprinter, who lost a chance to run in the 100-meter individual event after failing a drug test for marijuana, could have been chosen for the relay team. But officials decided not to include her.
Sha’Carri Richardson, the American sprinter whose positive test result for marijuana cost her a spot in the women’s 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics and ignited a debate about marijuana and sport, will miss the games entirely after being left off a relay team, American track officials announced Tuesday. Richardson, who admitted she used marijuana and said she had done so to cope with the death of her biological mother and the pressure to perform at the U.S. track and field Olympic trials, could have been selected for the women’s 4x100-meter relay race, an event the U.S. women are favored to win and her last option for competing in the Games. Richardson, 21, the fastest American woman, was suspended for 30 days for the drug violation, and her victory in the 100 meters at the trials was invalidated. To make the U.S. team in a track and field event, an athlete must finish in the top three in the trials meet and have met the Olympic standard.More Related News