The 24-year-old powerhouse sprinter from Texas will make her debut for Team USA at the Olympics in Paris this summer, four years after a positive drug test crashed her first attempt at the Games.
Track and field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is again in the spotlight and carries Team USA's Olympics hope for its first gold in the women's100 meter since Gail Devers in 1996. This chance for redemption comes three years after a failed drug test dashed her dreams of competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Richardson attributed her marijuana use to the recent death of her biological mother as well as the pressures of being in the public eye.Following her exclusion from the Games, proponents of less stringent marijuana laws and fellow athletes spoke out on Richardson’s behalf, calling on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency to reevaluate why marijuana—which is not considered a performance enhancing drug—is a banned substance.
In the years since the controversy, Richardson has rededicated herself to the sport, winning the 100 meter title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, which earned her the title of fastest woman in the world.
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