Sha’Carri Richardson to compete in double standards after Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete: ‘Only difference I see is that I’m a young black girl’

Sha’Carri Richardson to compete in double standards after Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete: ‘Only difference I see is that I’m a young black girl’

Sha’Carri Richardson is questioning the Olympics about what appears to be a double standard!

American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson is causing a stir after she publicly questioned the Olympics about their decision to allow Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva, 15, the chance to stay and compete after testing positive for the heart-blocking drug, Trimetazidine. The 21-year-old athlete is questioning the decision because she cannot compete at Summer Olympics 2021 after testing positive for marijuana.

Richardson retweeted and responded to a USA TODAY video clip revealing the Court of Arbitration’s decision to allow Valieva to compete at this year’s Winter Olympics. Richardson wrote,

“Can we have a definite answer as to the difference between her situation and the mine? My mother passed away and I couldn’t run and was also favored in the top 3. The only difference I see is that I am a young black girl.”

Can we get a definite answer as to the difference between her situation and the mine? My mother passed away and I couldn’t run and was also in the top 3. The only difference I saw was that I was a young black girl. https://t.co/JtUfmp3F8L

– Sha’Carri Richardson (@itskerrii) February 14, 2022

Sha’Carri Richardson

It is known that the Court of Arbitration for Sport said that because Kamila Valieva 15 years old, she is considered a “The Protected One” and therefore have different rules for adult athletes.

Kamila Valieva

Understandably, this recent decision has Richardson some concerns. In a string of tweets, she called out the Olympics and expressed her displeasure at what appeared to be a double standard. She writes,

“It’s all in the skin… Btw THC is definitely not a performance enhancer!!!!”

She continued by comparing her situation to that of Valieva,

“Failure [drug test] in December and the whole world knows now but my results were posted within a week and my name and talent was slaughtered for everyone…. To speak!!!”