U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson gets suspended for a month after testing positive for marijuana

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced the suspension of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson for a month after testing positive for marijuana. These results invalidate Richardson’s performance at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, where she won the women’s 100-meter dash and will prevent the 21-year-old from competing in her signature event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Richardson said on the show that she consumed marijuana after being informed that her biological mother had died. She said it was a heavy emotional burden for her on the eve of her first Olympic trials, where she was considered the heavy favorite, and that it sent her into a state of emotional panic.