Who is ShaCarri Richardsons mother?
AMERICA'S fastest woman ShaCarri Richardson has been banned from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Richardson, 21, was set to lead Team USA into the Tokyo games in July but will now serve a 30-day suspension. Richardson, who was called a "gold-medal favorite" in the women's 100 meters", failed a drug test that disqualified her from competing in the upcoming Olympic games. However, it turns out that the 21-year-old used the drug to deal with her mother's death. In June, Richardson won the 100-meter race after completing it in just under 11 seconds, but just a few days before, she was told by a reporter that her biological mother had passed away. Richardson used weed, which is legal in the state of Oregon, to cope with the news and get through it all. 5 Sha'Carri Richardson has been dubbed America's fastest woman Credit: Getty  In an interview with NBC, the 21-year-old Olympian said that her biological mother had passed away a week before the Olympic trials began. "My family has kept me grounded. This year has been crazy for me," she said. "Going from, just last week, losing my biological mother, and I'm still here. I'm still here. "Last week finding out my biological mother passed away and still choosing to pursue my dreams, still coming out here and still making sure to make the family that I do still have on this earth proud." Richardson did not elaborate on the circumstances of the death of her biological mother. 5 Richardson admitted to using marijuana to deal with her mother's death Credit: Getty  She continued, "The fact that nobody knows what I go through, everybody has struggles and I understand that but yall see me on this track and yall see the poker face I put on but [my family] and my coach knows what I go through on a day-to-day basis and I'm highly grateful for them. "Without them, there would be no me. Without my grandmother, there would be no Sha'Carri Richardson. My family is my everything - my everything until the day I'm done," Richardson said. Following the news of her suspension, Richardson apologized to fans after failing a drugs test and being banned from competing at the Tokyo Olympics. I apologize for the fact that I didn't know how to control my emotions or deal with my emotions during that time. Who am I to tell you you're wrong for hurting?  She added: "I just say don't judge me because I am human. "I'm you, I just happen to run a little faster." 5 Richardson's actions resulted in a failed drug test and a 30-day suspension Credit: Getty  Richardson said she had anticipated that it was going to be a "normal interview". And no offense against him at all. "He was just doing his job. But definitely, that put me in a state of mind, in a state of emotional panic, if anything." Richardson added: If Im allowed the blessing of competing, I am grateful but this is just one Game. This incident was about marijuana, not steroids. After my sanction is up I'll be back and able to compete.  5 As a result of her suspension, Richardson will miss the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month Credit: Getty  Richardson, 21, ran 100 meters in 10.86 seconds in Oregon last month. The run, however, has been provisionally scrubbed from the record books. Her best of 10.72sec is the second-fastest in the world this year behind Beijing and London gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The track star's suspension caught the attention of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who blamed "racism" for the Olympic sprinter's 30-day ban. The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy, AOC wrote in a tweet on July 2 calling out the International Olympic Committee reverse banning Richardson. The IOC should reconsider its suspension of Ms. Richardson and any athletes penalized for cannabis use.