US track star Sha’Carri Richardson has called out what she believes is a racist double standard after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate in the Olympics with a failed drug test.
“It’s all in the skin,” Richardson, who was disqualified from competing last summer at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, wrote on Twitter.
Richardson, 21, said the “only difference I see is that I’m a black young lady.”
Valieva, 15, was cleared to compete Monday after testing positive for the heart drug trimetazidine.
“Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines [sic]? My mother died and I can’t run and was also favored to place top 3,” Richardson wrote on Twitter.
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“It’s all in the skin,” Richardson, who was disqualified from competing last summer at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, wrote on Twitter.
Richardson, 21, said the “only difference I see is that I’m a black young lady.”
Valieva, 15, was cleared to compete Monday after testing positive for the heart drug trimetazidine.
“Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines [sic]? My mother died and I can’t run and was also favored to place top 3,” Richardson wrote on Twitter.
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