The Olympic 100m silver medallist Sha’Carri Richardson has disclosed something else, other than running, that is fast.
In a ‘Get to Know Me’ segment on BBC Sport, the American sprint queen opened up about a series of things that people might not know about her.
When asked about another thing she is fast at, Richardson disclosed that she loves talking quicker and sometimes, people ask her to repeat herself after a conversation. The 24-year-old is currently the fastest in the world this year with the world-leading time she set at the U.S. Olympic trials.
She clocked a stunning 10.71 seconds to win the race ahead of Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry who finished second and third respectively.
“Talking. I can definitely run down some stuff sometimes. Like literally my team, my training partners, they be like, ‘Huh, what did you just say?'” she said.
Richardson also opened up about the compliment she loves most and noted that if someone said that to her, she would immediately strike a conversation with them.
“Oh my gosh, I say this all the time. ‘You smell good’. If somebody tells me that I smell good…I can at least have a conversation for ten minutes with you,” she said.
Richardson explained that she likes being jovial and easy before a race since other athletes are always tensing and giving serious faces.
“It be so tense back there, everybody has to be so quiet and just so serious. I just be like y’all, like yes we gonna race each other, yes we gonna do what we do regardless but still relax, whoosah!” she explained.
The reigning world champion explained that whenever she is on the street, people are always staring at her iconic nails.
“When people see me on the street and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, what do you do for work?’ and ‘How do you function with those nails?’ I can,” she said.
She added that she loves making people comfortable around her. Whenever she is out and meets them, she explains that they always give a sense of nervousness but she tries to make them understand that she is also human.
“It’s funny when people meet me, they’ll be nervous. But I’ll be like ‘Baby, I am you, I just run fast, Ok.’ That’s it,” Richardson said.
