By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 10, 2023
Moments after her name was announced at the starting line, Sha’Carri Richardson dramatically removed her trademark orange wig and tossed it onto the track behind her. As the crowd “oohed” and awed, Richardson revealed her new do—long braids, which “were shaped into a star just over her right ear, a reminder to everyone of her place in the sport.”
With a time of 10.82 seconds, “American’s most colorful sprint star won
