OPINION: Sha’Carri Richardson Was Banned For Marijuana, While Men With FOUR TIMES As Much Testosterone As Women Can Compete As Women
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OPINION: Sha’Carri Richardson Was Banned For Marijuana, While Men With FOUR TIMES As Much Testosterone As Women Can Compete As Women

Ian Haworth

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, having run the 100 meters in 10.86 seconds during the Olympic trials. However, it was then announced that Richardson’s trial results had been erased, and that she was now ineligible for the 100-meter race in Tokyo.

Why? As The Daily Wire’s Joe Morgan explained, “the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced that Richardson tested positive” for THC “in a sample collected at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on June 19, 2021.”

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