“Track just brought me out of a bubble”- When Sha'Carri Richardson revealed how the sport unleashed her energetic side

Sha'Carri Richardson once revealed how the sport of track and field affected her personality. She credited the sport for unleashing her energetic and vibrant side.

On the Running Things podcast in October 2020, Richardson was asked about her enthusiastic side while giving interviews, even after running a race, and whether it had been the same since she was a kid. The American sprint star responded to this by crediting the track for bringing out this side.

She admitted to being quiet as a child and showing her energetic personality only to those close to her. However, Richardson added how the track turned her into a more confident person. During the podcast, she said:

“Actually, I feel like track brought it out. Younger girl was a little quiet. If you got to know me, you saw me. You saw this side. But if you didn't know me enough, no. I think track definitely was that shell that brought me out because it kind of brought, like I said, popularity to me. When I was like, 'to me, that was kind of me.' I was that track girl, that fast girl.' So, it kind of slowly brought me out of a bubble.” (starting at 17:19 onwards)

Sha'Carri Richardson added:

“Not saying, I was shy naturally but it's just like I was just to myself and it just brought me out of a bubble and it just exposed me to different things and just experienced the different things, different people just brought me right out this, Sha'Carri.”

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“I knew I could do it, and I did” - Sha'Carri Richardson opens up on her performance at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials 2024

Sha'Carri Richardson at 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

At the 2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials, Sha'Carri Richardson participated in both the women's 100m and 200m events.

In the women’s 100m event, Richardson emerged as the top performer, running a world-leading time of 10.71s at the Trials held in Eugene, Oregon. With this, she earned her place for her first Olympic Games in Paris. She, however, couldn’t qualify in the 200m after finishing fourth in the finals.

About her performance in the women’s 100m at the trials, she said (via Elle.com):

“All I needed to do was execute. I knew I could do it, and I did.”

Although she missed out on a spot in the Tokyo Olympics squad last time, she returned from Paris with two medals, including a gold in the 4x100m relay and a silver in the individual 100m.