Asked about how Richardson was taking the news, her agent, Renaldo Nehemiah, responded: We haven t spoken about it at all. It was actually not a topic we focused on.
In a statement, USATF said it was incredibly sympathetic toward Sha Carri Richardson s extenuating circumstances and fully agrees that international rules regarding marijuana should be reevaluated. So while our heartfelt understanding lies with Sha Carri, we must also maintain fairness for all of the athletes who attempted to realize their dreams by securing a place on the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team, the statement read.
In this case, that meant offering the remaining relay spots to the sixth- and seventh-place finishers, each of whom moved up in the pecking order after Richardson s DQ. They are English Gardner and Aliea Hobbs.
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July 6, 2021 3:40 PM By Steve Almasy, CNN
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US star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was left off the roster for the US track and field team that will compete at the Olympics in Tokyo, according to the team list released Tuesday by USA Track & Field.
Richardson had secured her spot at the Tokyo Olympics with a runaway victory in the women’s 100 meters at the US Olympic track and field trials last month. She was suspended one month from the Olympic team after testing positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced last week.
Asked about how Richardson was taking the news, her agent, Renaldo Nehemiah, responded: We haven t spoken about it at all. It was actually not a topic we focused on.
In a statement, USATF said it was incredibly sympathetic toward Sha Carri Richardson s extenuating circumstances and fully agrees that international rules regarding marijuana should be reevaluated. So while our heartfelt understanding lies with Sha Carri, we must also maintain fairness for all of the athletes who attempted to realize their dreams by securing a place on the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team, the statement read.
In this case, that meant offering the remaining relay spots to the sixth- and seventh-place finishers, each of whom moved up in the pecking order after Richardson s DQ. They are English Gardner and Aliea Hobbs.
Sha Carri Richardson: US sprinter left out of relay team for Tokyo 2020
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6 July 20216 July 2021.From the section Athletics
In April, Richardson became the sixth fastest woman of all time after running the 100m in 10.72 seconds
Sprinter Sha Carri Richardson will not run in the US Olympic 4x100-metre relay team after she accepted a one-month ban for testing positive for cannabis.
The 21-year-old won the 100m at the US Olympic trials in Oregon in June and earlier this year ran the sixth-fastest time in history.
Supporters of the Texan had hoped she could take part in the relay in Tokyo as the ban expires on 28 July.
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