American athlete Sha’Karri Richardson was outraged by the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to allow the Russian figure skater to the Olympics against the backdrop of a dubious doping test. Post available at Twitter.
A runner who failed a doping test on the eve of the Tokyo Olympics and found traces of marijuana in her sample is convinced that her case is similar to that of Valieva. For this reason, Richardson is outraged that a 15-year-old Russian woman was allowed to compete at the Games. “The only difference is that I’m black,” Richardson wrote.
CAS denied appeals from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and allowed Valieva to compete. The Russian will perform in the individual tournament on February 15 and 17.
Richardson was the fastest US runner in pre-Olympic qualifiers. However, before the Tokyo Games, the American failed a doping test. It turned out that the athlete used marijuana. She motivated this by the fact that she was seriously worried about the death of her mother. She risked missing only part of the Tokyo Olympics due to suspension, but was not selected for the US team and was denied participation in the Olympics.
Source: Lenta
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