re: Update: Sha'Carri Is A World Champ

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Can US Track and Field PLEASE get rid of their ridiculous stance on qualifying now?

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There are too many athletes in most events for the US to just automatically send to the Olympics. That's why the Trials exist in the first place.

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cost Richardson an Olympics appearance

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THC is still a banned substance by WADA. The bigger issue at hand was when a Russian figure skater who took got caught taking a banned substance proven to increase your aerobic performance was given a pass and Sha'Carri wasn't.

Sha'Carri Richardson sees a double standard in allowing Kamila Valieva to compete

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Richardson won the 100-meter race at the U.S. Olympic trials early last summer, but after it was revealed that she had tested positive for THC, the intoxicant in marijuana, she was denied a chance to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

THC is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of prohibited substances — but so is trimetazidine, the drug that was found in Valieva's test sample. The heart drug is believed to be able to boost athletes' endurance and blood efficiency. In other words, it can boost athletic performance, while THC does not.

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