Olympic Committee Responds To Sha’Carri Richardson Double Standard Statements In Kamila Valieva Controversy: “Each Case Is Individual”

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Olympic Committee Responds To Sha’Carri Richardson Double Standard Statements In Kamila Valieva Controversy: “Each Case Is Individual”

The International Olympic Committee has reacted to Sha’Carri Richardson’s statements that there is a double standard at the Beijing Olympics when it relates to drug testing.

As we previously reported, 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was cleared to proceed competing in the Winter Games after she failed a pre-Olympics drug test.

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EUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 19: Sha’Carri Richardson runs in the Women’s 100 Meter semifinal on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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On Wednesday, Mark Adams, an IOC spokesman, spoke on Sha’Carri’s claims that it’s a double standard. “You can’t talk about double standards in relation to Russian and American athletes, each case is individual.

“Richardson’s positive doping test was discovered on 19 June, and the result was received before the start of the Olympics. She was suspended for a month. There is nothing in common between these two cases.

“This Games, which has not concluded, concerns an issue in December. She is in the center of a lot of speculation. It must be very tough for her.

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“We of course are in touch with the team, her welfare is the team’s first priority, and obviously we are very careful of that but there’s only so much that we can do.”

The ruling to ban Richardson from the Tokyo Games evolved a controversial topic and brought support for the sprinter from celebrities and fellow athletes. She was favorited to win gold in the women’s 100 meters in Tokyo before being banned.

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