SHA’CARRI Richardson is officially the fastest woman in the world.
After winning the 100 meters at the World Championships in record time, Richardson decided to give her gold medal to a special family member.
Richardson was raised by her grandmother, Betty, and aunt.
After claiming gold in her first major final, the track star opted to give her medal to the two.
The 23-year-old lost her mother two years ago when she passed away just a few days before she won the 100-meter race at the Olympic trials and weeks before her ban from smoking marijuana.
The context of her relationship with her biological mother is unknown, but she previously told reporters her family dynamic is a “very, very, very confusing and sensitive topic.
Michael Johnson, an American retired sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships, spoke highly of Richardson on BBC.
Johnson said: “One of the things I think that’s important to note here is that Sha’Carri lost her mother right before the trials [in 2021], that’s when she got the infraction for marijuana, that happened.
“But she was raised by this woman who I believe is her aunt. And she had another aunt who probably was on the FaceTime call back home.
“We’ve seen her going through the stands at the US Trials and this year as well to hug this woman and I think that’s who it is and she wasn’t able to get here. But she is very close to them.
They told her when she was a child, when she was sort of left, that they would never leave her and she has this very close bond with these very close family members.
“I think it’s a very special story.”
In the competition, Richardson clocked a championship record of 10.65 seconds to take victory.
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