Over the past week, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Richardson has taken the transformation a step further.
Online, her sometimes brash dismissal of other track athletes invited more scorn — particularly from supporters of the Jamaican team.
But at the end of the day, I’ve always been with me.”Richardson is very vocal about issues facing track and field athletes.
Richardson is very proud to be among prominent Black women athletes and fiercely celebrates Black womanhood.
She said, wisely, after winning the 100-meter race that the most important cause she’s embracing is herself.
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