U.S. Sprinting Superstar May Miss Olympics Due To Positive Marijuana Test—And People Are Pissed

"I know what I did. I know what I'm supposed to do ... I still made that decision." \n\nSha'Carri Richardson explains her positive test for cannabis at the U.S. Olympic trials. (via @TODAYshow)pic.twitter.com/OEyn95h5b9

— ESPN (@ESPN) 1625230363

Sha'Carri Richardson apologized Friday for testing positive for marijuana at the U.S Olympic trials last month, saying she used it as a coping mechanism after finding out her biological mother had died.pic.twitter.com/6N18jv2WrE

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) 1625235267

Sha\u2019Carri Richardson is the first Olympian to be barred from competing for using a performance diminishing drug.

— Bess Kalb (@Bess Kalb) 1625247261

Sha\u2019Carri Richardson is barred from competing in the Olympics for smoking marijuana after learning from a reporter that her mother died\n\nBut Matt Gaetz is still on the Judiciary Committee even after child sex trafficking allegations corroborated by his wing-man

— Lindy Li (@Lindy Li) 1625248279

So let me get this straight: the cannabis industry is projected to rake in $70 billion by 2028, but thousands of people are behind bars for cannabis charges, and Sha\u2019Carri Richardson is suspended from the Olympics for using it?

— Robert Reich (@Robert Reich) 1625253140

Swim caps from Black-owned swim brand Soul Cap, whose designs are made for natural Black hair and other voluminous hair types, have been barred from use at the Olympics\n\nFINA ruled that no athletes need \u201ccaps of such size\u201d and the caps don\u2019t follow \u201cthe natural form of the head\u201dpic.twitter.com/pyTg8SOw2l

— Bleacher Report (@Bleacher Report) 1625246468

Between Sha\u2019Carri Richardson and this, the Olympics really are sending quite the message to black womenhttps://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/1411012074709274624\u00a0\u2026

— Jemele Hill (@Jemele Hill) 1625248669

Michael Phelps

— Mike Blaze (@Mike Blaze) 1625249314

Namibia's Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been withdrawn from the 400m race at the Olympics by World Athletics.\n\nThey are said to not be eligible for female classification.\n\nThe same rules are affecting Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba and Margaret Wambui.pic.twitter.com/5I4WF4ZL7Z

— Africa Facts Zone (@Africa Facts Zone) 1625215161

reasons to boycott the olympics:\n\n-they r banning BLM apparel\n\n-they arent letting sha'carri race bc she smoked weed\n\n-they r banning Afro swimming caps, which was made for Black folks\n\n-two Nambian women have been withdrawn due to testosterone testing to prove "female" enoughhttps://twitter.com/AfricaFactsZone/status/1410880763290132481\u00a0\u2026

— GET VACCINATED (@GET VACCINATED) 1625236230

The way Olympic athletics is treating Black women is horrendous and ignorant of the complexities of our lives. Issuing a 5 year suspension to and stripping @Bri_Rollin of her medals and winnings because she wanted to keep her abortion private is awful.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/sports/olympics/abortion-doping-olympics-mcneal.html?referringSource=articleShare\u00a0\u2026

— Renee Bracey Sherman (@Renee Bracey Sherman) 1625239164

- Sha\u2019Carri disqualified for smoking weed\n\n- Swim caps made for Afro hair are banned\n\n- Black women disqualified because they have \u201ctoo much testosterone\u201d ()\n\nAll within 72 hours.\n\nThe Olympics has a huge problem with racism, sexism, and transphobia. Black women deserve better.

— Dan (@Dan) 1625235137

Between swim caps, weed, and hormones, the Olympics really went hard at Black women this week. Though there\u2019s no week that\u2019s w/o misogynoir, anti-Blackness, or gender essentialism- this week has been quite spectacular in its handling of us.

— Treva B (@Treva B) 1625240746

Seems like the olympic committee should be more concerned by how they're bringing thousands of people together while the delta variant is gaining steam than policing Black women's hair, hormones, and weed.

— Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (@Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler) 1625245076

More racism & transphobia coming from the Olympics. \n\nI just can't help but think about how Phelps was celebrated for his natural differences that gave him an advantage in his sport, but Black women are consistently put down for theirs. This SAME thing happened to Caster Semenya.https://twitter.com/AfricaFactsZone/status/1410880763290132481\u00a0\u2026

— valkyrie \u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 (@valkyrie \u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7) 1625240963