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Step aside Karens, Claire has entered the chat. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. Over the weekend, news broke that American track star Sha’Carri Richardson had been suspended from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. After blitzing through the 100-metre sprint trial in first place with a time of 10.86, it was announced that the 21-year-old Richardson failed her drug test. As a result, the sprinter was slapped with a 30-day suspension that ruled her out of competing in the 100-metre ...

“That girl” Sha’Carri Richardson’s name continues to be a trending topic after her qualification and subsequent ban from one event in the Tokyo Olympic Games, and now as she faces the societal lashing for her use of marijuana. The 21-year-old’s seeming fall from grace in the media has garnered her support from those outraged by the suspension. Now the controversy has led some to suggest more than THC was at play with the phenom’s test results. In particular, Claire Lehmann, an Australian journalist and founder of Quillette magazine, caused a stir with a string of tweets implying ...

Olympics Support Local News. We've been with you throughout the pandemic, the vaccinations and the reopening of schools, businesses and communities. There's never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. U.S. track and field: World records, future stars and Tokyo anticipation Sydney McLaughlin reacts after setting a world record in the finals of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis...

US Olympic trials: Gabrielle Thomas runs fastest 200m time since Florence Griffith Joyner Last updated on 5 hours ago5 hours ago.From the section Athletics Thomas won the US 200m trials to reach her first Olympics, while Allyson Felix (right) has qualified for her fifth Games in the 400m American sprinter Gabrielle Thomas became the fastest woman since Florence Griffith Joyner over 200m when she won the US Olympic trials in 21.61 seconds. The 24-year-old's time is still more than a quarter of a second outside the late Griffith Joyner's world record of 21.34 seconds set at the 1988 Olympics, ...

Grant Holloway wins the 110m hurdles at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene (© Getty Images) On one of the most momentous days in the history of the US Olympic Trials – and one of the hottest, with temperatures reaching 38C – Grant Holloway came within one-hundredth of a second of a world record in the 110m hurdles and Rai Benjamin came within five-hundredths in the 400m hurdles. Gabby Thomas made history in the 200m, as did DeAnna Price in the hammer. All four now rank No.2 all-time in their respective events after their performances in Eugene on Saturday (26). It was in the semifinals that...