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Citing fair play, USATF leaves Sha'Carri Richardson off the US Olympic team
Date: 2021-07-07 00:00:00
USATF, the organization managing the United States hopes for gold medals in Track and Field at the Olympics has determined that giving Sha'Carri Richardson a discretionary spot on the team would be unfair to the other competitors.
While the relay takes place after Richardson's suspension is up, and it sounds like she had a spot on the team but the suspension wiped out her results.
LA Times:
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