Sha’Carri Richardson is back. The sprinter, who has run this year in 10.71 and is second in the world ranking, has recovered her best performance on the tartan after two difficult years.
The American, who failed to qualify in the ‘trials’ for the World Cups in 2022, had also been left out of the Tokyo Olympic Games a year earlier when she was in a great moment of form. after testing positive for cannabis. It was at this time that she spoke of her mother’s death and how her abandonment as a child had affected her.
Now the speedster has spoken again about her mental health problems. In a video, The athlete recognizes the importance of her aunt’s support in the bad times she has gone through, one of the last when he met in 2021 the death of his biological mother. “(My mother) was supposed to be my world, so if you’re not going to be my world why am I in this world? Why am I here? It took me to a really dark place,” she explained.
Why am I in this world? Why am I here? It took me to a really dark place
In addition, the American recalled that “when I was a junior in high school I tried to commit suicide.” And in that moment it was the support of her aunt that allowed him to overcome her mental health problems.
