Sha’Carri Richardson failed to reach the 200m final at the US World Championship trials on Sunday, which was her final shot at an individual event after she crashed out of the 100m first round.
Richardson finished fifth in her semi in 22.47 seconds, which was only good for 10th fastest of the field. Just like she did with the 100m race, she had nothing to say to reporters as she walked right past them.
Richardson would eventually get dressed and return to the press pool with a message for reporters.
One reporter asked if Richardson could talk about the weekend as a whole, but she had another message she wanted to send out.
“No. What I have to say – y’all can all take this interview and do whatever you want to do with it – I’m coming to speak not on just my behalf but all athletes’ behalf.
That when you guys do interviews, y’all should respect athletes more. Y’all should understand them coming from whether they’re winning, whether they’re losing, whatever the case may be… athletes deserve way more respect than when y’all just come and throw cameras into their faces. Understand how an athlete operates and then ask your questions. Then be more understanding of the fact that they are still human, … Y’all just trying to get something to put out an article to make a dollar.
Thank you.”
It’s been really rough for the US sprinter ever since she was suspended from the U.S. Olympic team after failing a test for marijuana use.
