Sha’Carri Richardson burned as rival clocks second-fastest time ever

Sha’Carri Richardson made a rough return to the track as a sprinting rival left her for dead while clocking the second-fastest time ever.

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson swore in a live post-race interview after finishing last in her first 100m race back from a drugs suspension as Jamaican runners took out the top three spots.

The 21-year-old returned to the track at the Prefontaine Classic at the University of Oregon after being disqualified from competing in the Tokyo Olympics, but it didn’t go to plan as Jamaica’s star trio went 1-2-3.

Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked the second-fastest time in history on her way to victory, blitzing the field in 10.54 seconds — just 0.05 seconds off the world record.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished second in 10.73 seconds while Shericka Jackson was third in 10.76 seconds as the Olympic podium in Tokyo was replicated in Oregon.

Ending up in ninth with a time of 11.14 seconds, Richardson headed straight to the cameras for a post-race interview, insisting she wasn’t “done” with racing.

“It was a great return back to the sport,” she said. “I wanted to be able to come and perform, after having a month off dealing all I was dealing with.

“I’m not upset at myself at all. This is one race, I am not done. You know what I’m capable of.

“Count me out if you want to, talk all the s*** you want, because I’m here to stay. I’m not done.

“I’m the sixth fastest woman in this game ever and can’t nobody take that from me.”

Sha'Carri Richardson has vowed to come back stronger than ever.

Richardson rounded off her interview by congratulating the winners of the race, before warning “they’re not done seeing me yet”.

The sprinter, who takes on 100m and 200m races, was disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for THC, the chemical found in marijuana.

Cannabis was banned by the World Anti-Doping Authority as of January 1 this year and could carry a ban of up to four years — but Richardson claims that she only took the drug to cope with the pain of finding out her biological mother had died.

The Team USA rising star shot to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University by running 10.75 seconds to break the 100m record at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.

This year, she recorded a personal best of 10.72sec in the run-up to the Olympics in Tokyo.

This story first appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission