U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson questions her ban after Russian skater gets OK to compete

Sha’Carri Richardson, who was suspended during last year’s Summer Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, questions the decision to let Russian skater Kamila Valieva compete at the Winter Olympics despite also failing a drug test. | Ashley Landis/AP

U.S. track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson questioned why a Russian figure skater was allowed to compete after a failed drug test and she had to sit out after her own drug test for marijuana came back positive.

Richardson responded to the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to let Kamila Valieva, who tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine, compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the 2022 Beijing Games.