Sha'Carri Richardson broke a rule. And it’s ridiculous weed has this stigma. Both things can be true.
She handled this entire ordeal like an adult and accepted complete responsibility. The conversation now should be about athlete’s mental health and improving that response.
How can this be? if we follow dumb rules, how will they ever get changed? We have made ourselves dumb for too long following rules designed to keep us dumb.
What a shame. Can we just let all athletes use Cannabis if they so choose? The argument that it is performance enhancing is about as convincing as saying Advil is performance enhancing. Let Sha’Carri Richardson Run! https://t.co/b9BI2o0iJM
Me on the way to Sha’Carri Richardson house with a bottle of clean urine so she can pass her drug test and not miss winning gold in the Olympics just for weed pic.twitter.com/tMJ21DhtbM
Richardson had won the women’s 100 meters at the recent U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 10.86 seconds and was expected to be a gold medal contender in the event in Tokyo.
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Born in Canada but raised in Houston, Howard joined KPRC 2 in 2021 after five years at ESPN. Before that, Howard was a reporter on Houston Rockets and Houston Astros game broadcasts. Among the events that Howard has covered on site: the NBA bubble and the Basketball Hall of Fame inductions for both Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. He's H-town proud!