Sha’Carri Richardson Speaks Out Amid Kamila Valieva’s Olympics Doping Controversy

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson spoke out concerning the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS’s) controversial determination to let Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva proceed competing within the Beijing Olympics regardless of a constructive take a look at for a banned substance.

Valieva, who lately grew to become the primary girl to land a quadruple soar on Olympic ice, examined constructive for trimetazidine in December, however the CAS cited her standing as a minor as one purpose that she shouldn’t be instantly suspended, per Individuals. Valieva is 15 years outdated.

Again in 2021, Sha’Carri Richardson secured her spot on the U.S. workforce throughout the 100-meter last on the U.S. Olympic Trials and was closely favored in track-and-field occasions going into the Tokyo Summer time Olympics however was suspended and had her qualifying instances invalidated after testing constructive for a chemical present in marijuana. On the time, the 21-year-old defined that she had used marijuana after the sudden dying of her organic mom. Many additionally famous that whereas the drug is a banned substance so far as the Olympics are involved, pot use is authorized within the state of Oregon, the place Richardson was on the time. You’ll be able to learn extra about her state of affairs right here.

Richardson took to Twitter on February 14 to query the distinction between Valieva’s controversy and her personal. “Can we get a stable reply on the distinction of her state of affairs and mines? My mom died and I can’t run and was additionally favored to put high 3. The one distinction I see is I’m a black younger woman,” she wrote in response to the CAS’s determination, including, “It’s all within the pores and skin.”