Sha’Carri Richardson Tests positive

"it doesnt have recovery benefits. if anything it's a detriment because it f*cks with your sleep. I can't stand her whole over the top persona but this is ridiculous. She's supposed to not use a legal, non performance enhancing drug because some dumb ass rule says so? Plenty of people use weed for anxiety relief, pain relief, etc. Nobody uses it for athletic enhancement."

Sorry, you say that weed doesn't "have recovery benefits" but then say people use it "for anxiety relief and pain relief"? Could they not enhance recovery or performance in some situations?

Not saying weed should be on the banned list bust it's naive to think it can't be used to help professional athletes - just read about some NFL players using it to help deal with their chronic injuries

habs wrote:

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1410752833192960002

Gault: "Jamaica Gleaner reporting that Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for cannabis at the Olympic Trials."

but i'm not seeing the word "cannabis" anywhere in the story since at least an hour ago when I read it? was it edited out? if so why would they do that?

http://web.archive.org/web/20210702004717/https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20210701/american-sprinter-shacarri-richardson-fails-drug-test-could-miss-olympics

Gault's hook of the article:

Jamaica Gleaner wrote:

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after her US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested positive for cannabis.

Current article hook:

Jamaica Gleaner wrote:

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after her US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested positive for a prohibited substance.

is there more to this than people think?

after reviewing this more it doesn't look like the article was edited at all -- the meta tags & Twitter description (the little blurb you get when tweeting or sharing on social media) says cannabis, but the actual article itself never seemed to say weed specifically. still odd that the article itself would have that omission

I have a screenshot of the original article and it states a “ banned substance “

Hmmm, Jamaica was in a hurry to release the story, lol

Why do issues that nothing to do with racism start to become about racism? To those that think Shaqiri is in breach of the rules because of racism, you are the racist. All you see is race rather than a rule which applies to all regardless of race.

This is why you don't say "I'm an Olympian" until you're actually an Olympian.

America's fury wrote:

Laws against weed are a byproduct of actual systemic racism. It's the most overrated drug out there, anyway.

This is not accurate. Weed is the one subject that unites America. Everyone smokes - whites, blacks, young, old, Republicans, Democrats. Bikers, ball players. It’s the only drug that has been decriminalized.

habs wrote:

https://twitter.com/jgault13/status/1410752833192960002

Gault: "Jamaica Gleaner reporting that Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for cannabis at the Olympic Trials."

but i'm not seeing the word "cannabis" anywhere in the story since at least an hour ago when I read it? was it edited out? if so why would they do that?

http://web.archive.org/web/20210702004717/https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20210701/american-sprinter-shacarri-richardson-fails-drug-test-could-miss-olympics

Gault's hook of the article:

Jamaica Gleaner wrote:

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after her US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested positive for cannabis.

Current article hook:

Jamaica Gleaner wrote:

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson looks set to miss the Olympic Games after her US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested positive for a prohibited substance.

is there more to this than people think?

Jamaica mon...want some gange? More irony.

Dr Yuengling wrote:

ForFusion wrote:

It definitely has recovery benefits. Weed should 100% be legal and it’s a joke that it’s still considered a banned substance, but she knew the rules. Just sucks that she couldn’t lay off the reefer for a few months at the least.

it doesnt have recovery benefits. if anything it's a detriment because it f*cks with your sleep. I can't stand her whole over the top persona but this is ridiculous. She's supposed to not use a legal, non performance enhancing drug because some dumb ass rule says so? Plenty of people use weed for anxiety relief, pain relief, etc. Nobody uses it for athletic enhancement.

“Plenty of people use weed for anxiety relief, pain relief, etc.”. That doesn’t sound like a possible performance enhancement to you?

I’m mostly playing devils advocate here and I agree with you. Most people who have smoked know that it’s not reaaaaaaly a PED. That being said I had multiple teammates in college that would smoke before a workout or long run as it helped mellow them out. Did it work for me? Absolutely not, but some people do find it beneficial.

Once again, weed should not be considered a PED. I feel so bad for Sha’carri, but she’s most likely missing an Olympic medal because of this.

Those twitter comments are gold. They complete might night. Good fun.

Whether she smokes weed or not (actually I'd prefer if she perpetually smoked it because I think it would make her a nicer person) it would be a huge relief (medal hopes or not) if we didn't send this over the top diva to the world stage representing this country. She's an embarrassment.

Twitter is in support of Sha'Carri

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22FOR%20WEED%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

Kind of disappointed at this article:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/07/report-shacarri-richardson-tests-positive-for-cannabis-at-olympic-trials-in-danger-of-missing-olympics/

If it was a non-US athlete it would have at least mentioned that she is part of the Dennis Mitchell and Justin Gatlin training group (which to be fair they have at times on their podcast).

And the legality of a drug doesn't have much to do with things. While I think weed may not belong on the WADA banned list (despite in some instances it maybe helping recovery and having so many metabolites it can complicate drug results). It doesn't change the fact it IS on the banned in competition list.

Richardson and her team are just as stupid as e.g Coleman and his team for not making sure they follow the rules.

gaz_ultra wrote:

Kind of disappointed at this article:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/07/report-shacarri-richardson-tests-positive-for-cannabis-at-olympic-trials-in-danger-of-missing-olympics/

If it was a non-US athlete it would have at least mentioned that she is part of the Dennis Mitchell and Justin Gatlin training group (which to be fair they have at times on their podcast).

And the legality of a drug doesn't have much to do with things. While I think weed may not belong on the WADA banned list (despite in some instances it maybe helping recovery and having so many metabolites it can complicate drug results). It doesn't change the fact it IS on the banned in competition list.

Richardson and her team are just as stupid as e.g Coleman and his team for not making sure they follow the rules.

Why you replying to my post? All I said was it was ironic that it's legal in Oregon which is the place she qualified. I didn't condone nor condemn it's use.

rt6 wrote:

Is weed really performance enhancing? Why is it even on the banned list?

Weed can make you paranoid so maybe a sprinter could use it to activate their fight or flight response and be nice and jumpy on the blocks.

Lots of other ways to do that though. It's not a real PED.

highhoppingworm wrote:

Unbeflippinglievable. Smoking weed as the best 100m runner in the world in an Olympic year. Just pathetic, totally pathetic.

Yeah, as opposed to all of the other athletes who go out and absolutely hammered at the wild duck after they make the team.

Not a surprise

FartKing69 wrote:

Gangesman wrote:

Come on and weigh in Rojo…

Rojo is ironing his klan hood before he weighs in

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

LMAO the image

khcglhc wrote:

Can’t she simply use the Canadian snowboarder story

I was at a party

A lot of people were smoking weed

I inhaled second hand smoke

He got out with that story

Lol Ross Rebagliati

I'm sorry - I just replied to the latest message I had in this thread. I should have replied to the OP or a more appropriate post.