Depression, drugs and sexual discrimination: The winding path of the new speed queen

the American Sha’Carri Richardson, new speed queen after dethroning Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the development of a meteoric career full of splendor which included a dark phase after the punishment he suffered for using cannabis before the Tokyo Games.

More than two years ago, at the beginning of 2021, the young Texan athlete lost his mother., an event that plunges him into a delicate emotional moment. Soon, less than a month before the Tokyo Olympics, was authorized for the use of marijuana and not being able to participate, which led to his depression then he revealed his homosexualitywhich led to all kinds of comments on social networks.

Two years later, with most of the eyes of the athletics world focused on him, the aspiring speed queen has usurped the throne for good in Budapest.

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At 23 years old, Sha’Carri-Richardson, with a height of 1.55 meters, besides dominating the 100-meter dash, knows how to attract attention. He does it with extra long nails, false eyelashes, push-ups with the press or there are some thoughts that divert attention towards his figure beyond simple sport.

An example is when at the last United States Championship, where she won a place for Budapest, she ran with a wig in the semifinals and in the finals, when she was about to start, she took it off to show off her new hairstyle. .

It’s not the first time he’s done this. Because of his failure on the world athletic scene, his various ways of attracting attention have become commonplace and makes it, in some cases, a claim for some brands and a denial for others.

With his victory in Budapest, Richardson took over as speed queen from Fraser-Prycewho, at 36 years old, is passing the baton of his crown to an athlete from the new generation of sprinters who has already achieved 10.71 as the best mark.

The young American athlete, wearing a body full of tattoos, stopped the clock in the final in 10.65, world championship recordand surpassed by seven hundred Jamaican Shericka Jackson, who in the previous World Cup in Eugene was also silver, and by twelve Fraser-Pryce, who reached the finish line in 10.77.

Richardson celebrated his victory at the National Athletic Center in Budapest with a United States flag and enjoying her victory with her two podium mates, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who dyed her hair orange for this championship.