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Originally published on July 2, 2021 5:21 pm
U.S. track and field star Sha Carri Richardson will be suspended for one month after testing positive for THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana.
The result means she cannot compete in the 100-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics. She was seen as the best U.S. contender for a gold medal in the event.
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The 21-year-old accepted the monthlong period of ineligibility for the failed drug test, beginning on June 28, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The rules are clear, but this is heartbreaking on many levels; hopefully, her acceptance of responsibility and apology will be an important example to us all that we can successfully overcome our regrettable decisions, despite the costly consequences of this one to her, the agency s CEO, Travis T. Tygart, said in a statement.
July 2, 2021
Sha’Carri Richardson will not run in the women’s 100 metres at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo after accepting a one-month ban from June 28 following a positive test for marijuana on June 19 – the day she won the event at the United States Olympic Team trials in Eugene, Oregon.
The women’s 100m event starts on July 30, two days after Richardson’s minimum ban ends, but the adverse finding means her Olympic qualifying results at the trials, which offer places only to the first three qualified athletes in each event, are annulled.
It is unclear whether the 21-year-old from Texas might yet be selected for the 4x100m relay event, where the US team is composed of the first four at the trials plus two discretionary picks.
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Sprinter Sha Carri Richardson explained her reasoning for marijuana use Friday after being suspended from the Olympic Games for a positive drug test.
Richardson, won the 100 meter dash in the Olympic trials last month, violated the anti-drug policy set by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Olympic Committee-affiliated body that monitors the drug use by global competitors.
The 2021 World Anti-Doping Code classifies THC as a “substance of abuse” due its frequent use outside of athletics.
Marijuana has been decriminalized in Oregon, where Richardson s positive test was taken, as well as several other states in the U.S. The NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL stopped suspending players for its usage.