- Sha'Carri Richardson raced all three Olympic medalists in the 100-meter
sprint on Saturday. - Richardson finished last in her first race since being barred from competing in the Tokyo
Olympics . - She appeared undaunted, telling an interviewer to "talk all the s--- you want."
The sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson finished in last place during Saturday's 100-meter dash in Oregon at the Prefontaine Classic in her first race after being barred from competing during the Tokyo Olympics.
Richardson, 21, also withdrew from the 200-meter race. Yet she appeared undaunted in an interview with NBC and quickly began trending on Twitter due to her surprisingly lackluster performance. She noted that she had just returned from a month-long break from competing while "dealing with all I was dealing with."
"I'm not upset at myself at all. This is one race. I'm not done," she said. "Count me out if you want to. Talk all the s--- you want. 'Cause I'm here to stay. I'm not done."
-philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 21, 2021
Richardson's race on Saturday had been against all three Olympic medalists for the women's 100-meter sprint.
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, won Saturday's race by finishing in 10.54 seconds. Richardson finished more than half a second behind, at 11.14 seconds.
-#TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 21, 2021
Richardson had become a household name earlier this summer when she won the 100 meters with a time of 10.86 seconds during the Olympic
Shortly after, she was suspended from the US Olympic team after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana and was barred from competing in the games.
Richardson said she had used marijuana after learning of the death of her biological mother just days before the Olympic trials began.
"I was definitely triggered and blinded by emotions, blinded by sadness, and hurting, and hiding hurt," she told NBC's "Today" show at the time.