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Olympic gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulted his boyfriend, his compatriot Sprinter Christian Coleman.
The couple was at Seattle Tacoma Airport On Sunday, when an airport officer was informed by a supervisor of the transport security administration of a disturbance between Richardson and Coleman, according to the police report, via the Associated Press.
Richardson would have grabbed Coleman’s backpack, pulled him, pushed Coleman into a wall and threw him with headphones. The incident occurred a few days before the United States athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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Sha’Carri Richardson of Team United States famous with Christian Coleman after winning the female final of the 4x100m relay during the eight of the world of the world athletics championships Budapest 2023 at the National Athletics Center on August 26, 2023 in Budapest, in Hungary. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images for world athletics)
Coleman refused to be a victim in the case, said a police report, and he clearly said he wanted to move from the “zero situation”.
In fact, Coleman thought that the arrest was too far.
“I don’t have the impression that she should have been stopped. I mean people have discussions and emotions and things like that. She has things she needs to work for herself, of course. I too, you too. But I am the type of guy this weekend during the Grace event.
“I look at situations like this, I take a step back, analyze it, then try to see what you can do to be your best me … He is a human being, and a great person. We have been good teammates all year … She has a lot of things that happen, she cannot understand.
Christian Coleman of Team United States participates in the final of the Male 4x100m Relais on Day 14 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 9, 2024 in Paris. (Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Richardson won the 100 at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished with the silver medal at the Paris Games event last summer. She also helped take the 4×100 relay to an Olympic gold.
The 25 -year -old man was going to compete in Tokyo four years ago, but he was tested positive for cannabis. She accepted a one-month suspension by the Anti-Doping Agency in the United States, which makes her unacceptable at 100 meters. It was also not selected for the 4×100 relay team, delaying its Olympic beginnings to Paris.
It was not Richardson’s first controversy at an airport. The track star was launched from an aircraft in January 2023 after a dispute with a on -board agent who, according to her, spoke to her disrespectful.
Richardson missed the qualifications for the 200 meter final by a hundredth of a second. She has a Bye per 100 meters after winning the world title in this event two years ago.
Sha’Carri Richardson of Team United States crosses the finish line to win the gold medals during the female final of the 4x100m relay on day 14 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 9, 2024 in Paris. (Hannah Peters / Getty Images)
Coleman and Richardson won gold at the world championships in 2023 for the 4×100 meters. Coleman also won the event in 2019 as well as the 100 meters.
