In a recent interview with the New York Post, multi-Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt shares his views on the Sha’Carri Richardson controversy, following disappointing race results.
As widely reported and massively mocked online, Richardson made her debut back into races following her 30-day suspicion for testing positive for marijuana use which in turn saw the athlete miss out on the Tokyo Olympics, months ago.
In her return race at the Prefontaine Classic, Sha’Carri found herself in a line-up of some of the best sprinters in the world, including the Jamaican trio (Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson) who took home, Gold, Silver, and Bronze respectively from this year’s Olympic games.
As exciting as the race was supposed to be – largely due to Richardson’s trash talk on social media throughout the Olympics – the Dallas native would finish dead last in the Prefontaine Classic 100-meter dash, prompting social media to shower memes on the sprinter for her comments during the post-race interview.
Sha’Carri said: “This is one race. I’m not done. Count me out if you want to… Talk all the s— you want! ‘ Cuz I’m here to stay. I’m not done. I’m the sixth-fastest woman in this game ever. Can’t nobody ever take that from me! Congratulations to the winners… But they’re not done seeing me yet!”
As exciting as the race was supposed to be – largely due to Richardson’s trash talk on social media throughout the Olympics – the Dallas native would finish dead last in the Prefontaine Classic 100-meter dash, prompting social media to shower memes on the sprinter for her comments during the post-race interview.
However, Richardson would go on to race twice more after that and has yet to win a single race since.
According to reports, Usain Bolt explained that Sha’Carri’s statements during interviews and on social media, only motivated her Jamaican rivals to completely destroy her on the track.
Bolt, however, had some words of advice for the young athlete, saying:
“I would tell Sha’Carri to train harder and to be focused and not say too much… If you talk that big talk you have to back it up.
“So just train hard and focus on that and try to come back, do it and then talk about it.”
We can only hope that Richardson would take the advice of the 8x Olympic Gold Medalist and do better next time.
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