Sha’Carri Richardson Claps Back At Usain Bolt’s Words Of Wisdom
Sha’Carri Richardson had words for her detractors and critics including Usain Bolt who recently told the New York Post that the American sprinter should talk less and train harder, at least until after she had won.
Seemingly responding to Bolt’s comments, Richardson reshared a follower’s post to her Instagram Story yesterday, which she captioned, “I could not have said it better myself”.
According to The Shade Room, the comment read, “Everybody want to give advice in the media but no of them actually take the time to speak to her outside the media. So I feel her. Stop speaking on me when you don’t even speak to me.”
Richardson also added, “Good ‘humbling’ morning to ya’ll,” to the Story post.
On another Story post, she wrote, “Y’all haven’t even heard the half of me,” with a laughing emoji.
In the interview with the Post last week, the eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist said, “I would tell Sha’Carri to train harder and to be focused and not say too much … If you talk that big talk you have to back it up.”
“So just train hard and focus on that,” Bolt added, “and try to come back do it, and then talk about it.”
Several persons on social media have agreed with Bolt’s comments, while others believed he should have reached out to Richardson personally if he wanted to offer her genuine advice.
Following her Olympic suspension, Sha’Carri placed 9th in the 100 meters race at the Eugene Diamond League in July, while Jamaicans Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, and Sherika Jackson finished 1-2-3.
Bolt told the Post he didn’t expect her to come last in the race against the Jamaicans but speculated that it was Sha’Carri’s pre-game trash talk that would have inspired the Jamaican ladies to go even faster.
“Jamaicans were vexed because she was talking a lot of s–t before the actual race, it is just one of those things,” he said. “Jamaicans don’t like when people talk s–t about us because we are a very proud people. So if you talk about us we are gonna want you to back it up. It definitely gave those women the extra push [to win.]”
Since then Richardson has made an appearance at the Met Gala wearing an outfit by Jamaica-born designer Edvin Thompson. She has also been trumping her Jamaican card on Instagram as she shared a post vibing to the Feelings remix by D’Yani and Jada Kingdom.
Bolt’s debut album Country Yutes, with long-time friend and manager NJ, is currently at No. 7 on the Reggae iTunes chart after debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Charts in its first week.