Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships on Aug. 21 in Budapest, Hungary. The 24-year-old is the favorite in the Olympic 100 meters, though she is likely to face stiff competition against Jamaicans Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sha’Carri Richardson set the tone for her own comeback story a year ago, when she won the 100-meter dash U.S. title, then the world championship and brashly proclaimed, “I’m not back. I’m better.”
Now, with a trip to her first Olympics approaching, come new questions: Is she still better than a field of the fastest women on the planet? And can she handle the pressure that is unique to the Olympics?
The 24-year-old favorite in the Olympic 100 meters has been open and honest about her quest to become a more appreciative, mindful version of the person whose positive marijuana test at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials was her unfortunate introduction to a world that knew little about her.
