If young, talented, loud black women bother you, look away from track and field. Also, you are probably racist. Shakari Richardson feet I set the track on fire at the 2021 Olympic trials. Unfortunately for her, much of her career was fraught with setbacks after putting on her dynamic performance. On Friday, however, she returned to the top of the U.S. Championships in style.
don’t call it a comeback
Richardson got off to a rough start from her blocks in the women’s 100m final but quickly bounced back. She took 10.82 seconds to finish her rampage without a wig and win the championship.
It’s been two years since she won an Olympic trials race. Women’s college 100-Meter dash record holders have had to wait as the 2020 season has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Richardson won the 100 meters at the US Olympic Trials the following year. She won the race a week after a journalist informed Ms. Richardson that her biological mother had died.
A tape cut, a hug with his family, and an interview when he surprised NBC Sports’ Lewis Johnson with news of his own death were the pinnacle of a career that soon fell into the valley.
She tested positive for cannabis in Olympic exams, He was suspended from work for one month. This suspension made her ineligible to compete in the individual 100 meters. Her suspension was supposed to end before the 4x100m relay, but the USATF has decided not to allow her to compete in the 2021 games.
Next came a young woman who had to learn on the fly how to deal with public shaming. That year, Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were asked what advice they would give Richardson. She didn’t appreciate the advice given to the microphone, she didn’t give it personally. Let us know on social media. Richardson returned to the national stage for the 2022 U.S. Championships, but was eliminated in the first round in the 100 meters. She had the chance to face the best in the world at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic, but she fell short. She finished last for Richardson and Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson Hera ran the second fastest women’s 100m ever, but she didn’t win. her defeat quietly.
A public failure of this nature is in itself unpleasant. Experiencing such suffering at the age of 22 while being used as an avatar of people’s social perspectives can make the experience toxic. The USA did well at the 2022 World Championships in Athletics without her, but if she were up against Thompson Hera, Sherri-Anne Fraser-Pryce and Sherika Jackson, this tournament would be a good one for the team. It would have been much better.
Get ready to see more of Shakari Richardson
Richardson spent 2023 heating up for his comeback. She has already run under 11 seconds twice this year when she made it to the U.S. Championships. Her trajectory soars upwards. Her 10.82 seconds in the final wasn’t even her best time of the tournament. In qualifying she was 10.71 seconds. Her dominance continued in Saturday’s 200m qualifying, where she won in 21.61.
Whether she wins the 200-Sunday’s meter final or not, the American sprinter prodigy has reaffirmed himself as one of the world’s top athletes. W.Old CThe championships in Budapest begin in 41 days, but if she stays fit she could have another chance at the 2024 Olympics.
100-A meter dash only takes 10-11 seconds, but it’s still a long sprint. A confused start does not mean that defeat is imminent. Richardson got off to a tough start to his career and Friday’s 100m final. In both matches, she has shown her ability to recover and come out on top, and her wig snatch shows that she hasn’t denied her own jet or personality to anyone. I was.
