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Olympic gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson charged with speeding in Florida

Jan 29, 2026, 5:09 PM | Updated: 5:44 pm

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Olympic gold metalist Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested and charged with speeding in Florida on Thursday, according to law enforcement.

Richardson was arrested for allegedly going 104 mph (167 kph) on a parkway just outside of Orlando, Florida. A spokesperson for the Orange County sheriff’s department said she was “dangerously tailgating and traveling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists.”

The 25-year-old sprinter is one of the fastest women of all time, winning a silver metal in the 100 meter dash in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and gold in the 4×100 relay that same year. Richardson’s Olympic metals came after she was disqualified from the 2020 Olympics when she tested positive for chemicals found in marijuana.

Last year, Richardson issued a public apology to her boyfriend, Christian Coleman, after she was arrested on a fourth-degree domestic violence offense for allegedly assaulting Coleman at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in July.

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