?As if I Was a Charity Case?: Hours Before Patrick Mahomes? Win, Feeling Disrespected Sha?Carri Richardson Brutally Calls Out ESPY?s

Kansas City Chiefs and their star quarterback Patrick Mahomes picked up multiple awards at the 2023 ESPYS. While the reigning Super Bowl Champions won an ESPY for Best Team, Mahomes picked up Best NFL Player and Best Men’s Athlete. Legendary skier, Mikaela Shiffrin won the Best Female Athlete award.

The ESPYS (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award), is an annual awards show celebrating excellence in sports and serves as a platform to honor exceptional athletes and teams across various disciplines. After being snubbed from this year’s ESPYS, through a powerful tweet, American track sensation Sha’Carri Richardson without holding back, voiced her opinion on a number of things related to track and field.

Sha’Carri Richardson blasts the ESPYS

In her candid tweet, Richardson called out the ESPYS for what she perceived as disrespectful treatment towards her. She expressed her frustration in her tweet and wrote, “The ESPYS invited me when my life was in shambles as if I was a charity case.” The track star was referring to her 2021 ESPYS appearance, just four days after she lost her place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to indulging in a banned substance. Richardson went further to highlight the perceived lack of recognition and appreciation for the sport of track and field within the United States. This emphasizes the immense skill and dedication required to compete in track and field.

Through her message, Richardson drew attention to the stark contrast between the performances and abilities of track and field athletes and those of their counterparts in other sports. Taking a jibe at the ESPYS, she boldly claimed that many of the athletes present at the ESPYS, perhaps even half of them, would struggle to match the skill and tenacity exhibited by track and field athletes on their worst day. Despite no awards at the ESPYS, Sha’Carri Richardson has been in some of the best form of her life recently.

Sha’Carri Richardson is taking 2023 by storm

The 23-year-old athlete is on a roll. She has already booked her place in next month’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest for the first time in her career. More recently she mesmerized the crowds and dominated her opponents at the 2023 US Track and Field Championships. She won the 100m race with a time of 10.82 seconds. Before her 100m race, Richardson also briefly set the fastest time of the year during her 100m heats with 10.71 seconds. However, that record was overtaken the next day by Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson.

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Richardson’s tweet shed light on the sentiment shared by many track and field athletes who feel undervalued and overshadowed by other sports in the American sports landscape. Despite the exceptional athleticism and remarkable achievements of track and field athletes, the recognition they receive often falls short of their expectations.

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