Sha’Carri Richardson made major waves in the track world when the 23-year-old track and field star shocked viewers during the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Friday when she discarded her signature orange hair ahead of her 100m championship race.
In a video capturing the moment, Richardson was being introduced while sporting a bright orange wig tied in a ponytail with a bright green band. When the hosts began to announce her on the screen, she immediately took the wig off and tossed it to the ground behind her.
She then shook out her natural hair, which was braided in the shape of a heart on one side while the other was braided into the shape of a star.
The athlete sprinted her way into first place during the 100m race with a time of 10.82 seconds, securing a national title and paving her way to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
With the wig removal catching the eyes of many, the athlete has now moved to end speculation and reveal the deeper meaning behind her choice to remove the wig prior to running.
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“The reason why I did the wig reveal, I had my orange hair last time, I wanted to show I’m still that girl but I’m better, stronger, and wiser,” she explained to Real Talk with Tee.
“I had to shed the old and present the new.”
The athlete first earned her spot on Team USA’s track and field team for the Tokyo Olympics after winning the 100m race at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon, in June 2021, but things quickly derailed as she was suspended from the major event after testing positive for THC, a chemical in marijuana, which she said she used to cope with her biological mother’s death.
Her troubles continued after she failed to qualify for the World Championships in the 100m sprint last year.
She has seemingly made a complete 180 and that is a scary sight for anybody going head-to-head against her.
