Posted on 07/10/2021 6:12:52 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Before her dreams of competing at the Tokyo Olympics went up in smoke last week, Sha’Carri Richardson stood on the precipice of a life-changing payday.
America’s fastest woman had begun to draw attention from deep-pocketed corporate sponsors intrigued by her blend of speed, style and showmanship.
At 21, Richardson blew away the competition in the women’s 100 meters at U.S. Olympic Trials, solidifying herself as a contender to win gold in her sport’s glamour race. She also ran with lash extensions, flowing fire-orange hair and impossibly long acrylic fingernails, evoking memories of America’s most celebrated sprinter from a bygone era, Florence Griffith Joyner.
After Richardson won her semifinal heat in a torrid 10.64 seconds, an NBC on-track interviewer asked her, “What do you want the world to know about you?” Responded Richardson with a hint of a smile: “I just want the world to know that I’m that girl.”
“Between her incredible athletic prowess, her look and her personality, she has lots of attributes that stand out,” said Doug Shabelman, CEO of Burns Entertainment.
Aimee Huff, Oregon State marketing professor, said that the support Richardson has received is also a byproduct of America’s changing perception of marijuana.
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Really? She is "America's most celebrated sprinter"?
Didn't know that.
Florence Griffith Joyner is by far the best female sprinter in history. Her 100/200 m records from 1988 are still standing.
Because today’s advertisers like freaks.
Thus you put the nail on the head. Nobody cares about American track and field, we aren’t that good generally. Ahh, person standing up against post dated rules, people know about that.
Thank you
Lash extensions, orange hair, fake fingernails...looked like a drag-queen story hour reader.
The Olympics is the Academy Awards of sports, no ratings no interest. Global failure for all.
She was amazing and beautiful.
I wouldn’t say that. Quite the opposite actually. Especially the Summer Games. This is the time when people watch those sports they aren’t actually interested. Once every 4 years people watch gymnastics and diving and swimming and track and field, and then 5 minutes after the Olympics end they forget all those things exist.
ShaKarri (SMH) doesn’t seem to hate America. She has no value to any sponsors. They will go with that American hating hammer thrower because she is the one that knows how to get the attention.
Aren’t they selling enough stuff to black people in all these TV Ads now ?
“She also ran with lash extensions, flowing fire-orange hair and impossibly long acrylic fingernails...”
And if Ronald MacDonald had declared himself a woman, she might have had competition in both running and glamour. Still can’t see what glamour means in a footrace.
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Sha’Carri Richardson ....never heard of her.
Is this “she” really a she?
That’s a man.
This is a desperate attempt by a PR company and manager that can’t believe a grown woman would smoke pot at the Olympics one week before she could be on a Wheaties box... how stupid do you have to be?
“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” - P. T. Barnum
I respect that she fessed up and accepted the consequences of her actions (note that it was libs and the media that tried to turn this into a race thing) but, damn, she looks like a RuPaul.
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