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Sha'Carri Richardson has maintained her on sought on authorities after calling out the US Anti-Doping Agency for making ‘unnecessary’ dope testing changes that ‘do not favour athletes’
World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson has criticized the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) over what she terms unnecessary changes to their whereabouts for dope testing.
USADA recently announced that they would be switching the platform through which athletes update their whereabouts for dope testing, a decision that has not gone well with Richardson.
The organization has also stated that athletes will have to file their 2024 Q1 Whereabouts before December 15, and inability to update the information can lead to a "Filing Failure."
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10:53 - 07.12.2023
ATHLETICS Sha’Carri Richardson stirs new controversy as she calls out Team USA Fund
Sha’Carri Richardson has raised eyebrows once again after telling Americans not to donate to Team USA Fund because athletes allegedly do not receive anything from it
While alerting fellow athletes about the short submission timelines, Richardson expressed her disappointment towards the officials regarding the changes.
“Hey you all, excuse my naturalness right now, but definitely, I just want to say, I am definitely continuing to be advocating, but by December 15 all USA athletes have to update their whereabouts into a new program,” Richardson said via her Instagram story.
“And this program basically has just been thrown upon us, coming as it is a very very important year, USADA, World Athletics, whoever the organizations are, they have made these changes."
Richardson feels the changes are unnecessary and do not favour athletes especially coming at a time they are preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
“Basically, I just feel like it's definitely not in the best interest of the athlete, going as it is into the Olympic year, very very crucial, so nothing unnecessary should be added on top of our plates,” added the world 200m bronze medallist.
“Just us being able to focus on the athletes that we are, and these changes that are thrown upon us are not explained, they're just thrown upon us and we have no choice but to adapt and learn, and nobody's explaining anything."
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Richardson is one of the most vocal athletes who does not shy away from telling truth to power, having taken on World Athletics and US Track and Field over a number of issues affecting the sport.
She has previously spoken strongly over the low amounts of money athletes are paid and just last week, she stirred controversy after urging members of the public not to donate to the Team USA Fund since athletes do not allegedly receive the money.
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