Team USA sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has congratulated fellow American athlete Ryan Crouser for winning gold at the Paris Olympics , but is yet to speak out after track teammate Gabby Thomas won the women's 200m .
Crouser won his third consecutive Olympic gold in the men's shot put, with fellow American Joe Kovacs clinching the silver medal. Richardson took a photo with the Team USA pair and wore her own silver medal after she came second in the women's 100m.
The picture was posted on Richardson's Instagram and she tagged both athletes, adding the caption "So proud." The U.S. is still top of the Olympic medals table with 27 golds, and 94 overall (35 silver, 32 bronze).
Richardson will have one final chance to win her first Olympic gold medal on Friday in the women's 4x100 relay, provided Team USA qualifies for the event. Their qualifying heat is scheduled for Thursday when they compete against Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland.
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Team USA has one of the most talented sprinter rosters and is one of the favorites to win the 4x100m relay. Richardson was beaten to the gold medal in the women's 100m by Julien Alfred of St Lucia, who won the first-ever gold medal for the nation.
Richardson also was hoping to compete in the women's 200m, an event she won at the 2023 World Championships, but failed to qualify after finishing fourth in the U.S. Olympic trials held in June. Her 4x100m relay teammates Thomas, McKenzie Long, and Brittany Brown clinched the three qualifying spots ahead of her.
With Richardson not in contention, Thomas clinched gold and avenged her Team USA teammate after she beat Alfred to the line. Despite the major achievement and being hailed as "Wonder Woman" by the team on social media, Richardson hasn't publicly congratulated Thomas for her win.
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There is a known beef between the two sprinters due to events that occurred prior to the previous Olympic Games in Tokyo. Richardson's Olympic dreams were dashed after she tested positive for THC and admitted to using cannabis, which resulted in a suspension and ruled her out of the women's 100m event.
Richardson claimed that she used the drug as a coping mechanism after her biological mother passed away, and contested the suspension. Fans sided with Richardson and threatened to boycott watching the Olympics to show support, which led to Thomas discouraging that behavior. From there, the beef began.
"It really hurts to see so many black people choosing not to watch the Olympics this year," Thomas posted on social media following the boycott speculation. "There are so many black athletes who have put in YEARS of hard work for this moment- myself included. We want your support."
She then added: "Additionally, I worry some of the anger and disdain may be misplaced. The 'Olympics' and those at the IOC have nothing to do with current events taking place."
Richardson wasn't happy with Thomas' statement and proceeded to make things personal after posting a tweet in response, one she later deleted. "Athletes that haven’t and will never beat me have a lot to say about or surrounding my situation," Richardson wrote.
"When most of them have said nothing to me showing their characters that y’all don’t see behind the races. The attention that is on track now was because of very very few names. So if that’s where fans support lay, you can’t be mad at that."
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