American track star Sha’Carri Richardson is speaking out — and taking accountability — after getting suspended from the U.S.
Olympic track team for failing a drug test. The 21-year-old sprinter was heading to be the favorite in Tokyo this year after winning the women’s 100-meter race going away last month at the US team trials in Eugene, Oregon.
She ran a time of 10.86 seconds at the trials, immediately launching her into gold medal contention. Related: Kristen Bell Says Dax Shepard Gave Her Drug Tests To Use On Him ‘Whenever’ After Relapse But on Thursday, an Olympic source reported to NBC News that Richardson failed a drug test after that win in Oregon, testing positive for THC — the chemical found in marijuana.
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