Sha바카라 게임 웹사이트Carri Richardson questions why Kamila Valieva can compete in Olympics after failing a drug test
The U.S sprinter was barred from the Tokyo Summer Games for marijuana use.
The U.S sprinter was barred from the Tokyo Summer Games for marijuana use.
The U.S sprinter was barred from the Tokyo Summer Games for marijuana use.
is calling out a double standard in Olympic sports.
On Monday, the International Olympic Committee decided Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can continue competing in the Beijing Winter Games after testing positive for a banned drug. The IOC바카라 게임 웹사이트s ruling raised a lot of questions for Richardson, who was barred from the Tokyo Summer Games after testing positive for marijuana.
"Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines? My mother died and I can바카라 게임 웹사이트t run and was also favored to place top 3. The only difference I see is I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a black young lady," Richardson wrote on on Monday morning.
The 21-year-old became a nationwide sensation after winning the 100-meter final at the 2021 U.S. Trials, just a week after her biological mother died. She had secured her spot on the U.S. women바카라 게임 웹사이트s team for the Tokyo Olympics but was banned from competing after a positive drug test resulted in a one-month suspension.
Richardson said that she used marijuana to cope with the death of her biological mother. She pointed out that the drug is not performance-enhancing, yet within a week she was barred. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Valieva tested positive in December for trimetazidine 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a substance believed to boost athletes바카라 게임 웹사이트 stamina 바카라 게임 웹사이트 but was cleared to compete.
"Failed in December and the world just now know however my resulted was posted within a week and my name & talent was slaughtered to the people," Richardson wrote.
According to , Valieva was tested on Dec. 25 but her results were not verified until Feb. 7 바카라 게임 웹사이트 three days after the Olympics had started. Valieva had already in the team figure skating competition. Richardson condemned the inequity on Twitter.
"Not one BLACK athlete has been about to compete with a case going on, I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t care what they say!!!" she wrote.