The rumor mill is rolling! But is it just a rumor anymore? There have been outings together, social media posts with shoutouts for each other, and whatnot. Sha’Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman have done it all. But if there is a single thing that the two have not done, that is publicly accept any romantic linkup. So what the fans are left with? Nothing but succinct hints and repeated rounds of speculations. The latest episode of that came on the occasion of Thanksgiving. And what did it look like?

In her latest Instagram story, the Dallas native shared an image of 3x World Championships gold medalist Christian Coleman. Coleman was seen sitting on a staircase with a pose that looked like waiting for someone. As the caption, Sha’Carri just added three emojis, one of those being a black heart! But it did not just end with the story. Her latest Instagram post was even cut above.

In a carousel of snaps, there were at least two pictures that were enough to turn the music on for the fanbase. One is Sha’Carri in a black bikini. But wait, wasn’t the neckpiece she was wearing looking familiar? Indeed, the gold and diamond-plated necklace inscribed with the initials “SC” did. There are insinuations that the inscribed pendant means Sha’Carri and Coleman as a symbol of being romantically together. Hawk-eyed fans did not take much time to figure out that Coleman had been previously seen wearing it. The other snap was even more intriguing, or should we say, revealing?

In that, Sha’Carri was seen at what appeared to be a football, standing in the arms of someone. The picture was taken from the backside. But we can not deny that the man indeed looked like Christian Coleman. “life. thankful for everything,” Sha’Carri wrote in the post. In the middle of this month, they both posted Instagram stories from their vacation in Cancun, Mexico. The timing of the posts and their shared location have led fans to believe they are indeed vacationing together. This fresh twist adds one more chapter to their relationship rumors that swelled up during last year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

After Sha’Carri Richardson won the 4x100m relay in Budapest, an excited Christian Coleman went straight to congratulate him. But a mistiming caused both of them to lose balance and fall to the ground. Dressed in casual street clothes, the duo also had an outing in Budapest. Interestingly, one vigilant fan recognized them, but the fan later claimed that the Sprinters denied that when they asked them about it. So what? Eventually, there came more such occasions.

In the 2024 Millrose Games, Sha’Carri Richardson was not competing. But she was there in the stands. We probably don’t even need to explain why. The 60m specialist clinched victory in the event at the tournament, and Richardson was seen elated by the result. If these were not enough, throughout 2024, the social media interaction between the two has only made the fans even more restless to uncover what is brewing.

During Coleman’s birthday in March, Richardson shared a post via her Instagram story, hailing the former as an “icon” and “legend.” Just days before that, Coleman had added another 60-meter feather to his cap at the World Indoor Championships. In late March, they were seen sharing each other’s encouraging posts once again, this time for Sha’Carri’s birthday. Coleman labeled her as the G.O.A.T. and also noted his admiration for Richardson’s cool aura. “Real to Real,” the Dallas native responded back. The flame even reached the City of Love.

In Paris, congratulating Richardson for her 100m silver, Coleman wrote on social media, “We’re witnessing history.” And things didn’t end there! The two arrived together at Team USA’s gold-winning basketball match at the Olympics, and later online videos showed them even leaving the venue side by side. After the games, the two even started training together under Dennis Mitchell. Despite all this, maybe the 100m world champion has taken it slowly, especially considering how her relationship went wrong last time.

Sha’Carri Richardson has faced the harsh side of relationships in the past

In the past, Richardson has been open about her se**ality, letting fans know in 2015 that she’s bise*ual. “My family know im bi,” she wrote in an X post at the time. Since then, however, the Olympian has not divulged much about her love life. “There are things Richardson just won’t talk about,” wrote journalist Maya Singer in an August 2024 Vogue profile. Naturally, this has only fueled more curiosity about what is happening behind the scenes.

From 2019 to 2022, Sha’Carri Richardson was in a relationship with Jamaican hurdler Janeek Brown. The pair were quite open about their relationship, as Sha’Carri often spoke about Brown in interviews. After a big win in 2021, for instance, she shared during an interview with USA Today: “My girlfriend actually picked my [hair] color. She said it like spoke to her, the fact that it was just so loud and vibrant, and that’s who I am. She just wanted me to be able to make a statement.”

But after their split, Sha’Carri took to Instagram with some serious allegations. “I was in a relationship with a Jamaican athlete that never cared about me from the jump. I was ab*sed and stole from, yet protected her from the judgement of her country and family while they dragged me,” she had revealed at the time.

Brown later responded to these in an Instagram Live, admitting to at least one instance of ab*se: “I was abusive once that there’s physical evidence of, and we moved on, and even after then I was trying to move on from that. We still got nowhere,” she shared. “I was going through something. I was finding myself,” she had further added. Since then, Richardson has said little about this relationship and any other romantic relationship. We keep our fingers crossed for hearing from either of them about where things are heading.