Sha'Carri Richardson couldn't race in the Olympics. Soon, she'll race the medalists.
Richardson missed the Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test for marijuana after qualifying first at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspended her for a month and nullified her results in the trials on July 2. She later said she smoked after her biological mother died.
Now, Richardson will race the Jamaicans that swept the 100-meter sprint in a meet on Aug. 21 in Eugene, Oregon. Richardson will race Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in the Prefontaine Classic.