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Coach Reynaldo Walcott believes Sha'Carri Richardson's nationality is responsible for her recent buzz and influence on and off track.
Reynaldo Walcott, coach of Jamaican track queens Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, has given a strong opinion on the recent buzz of the world's fastest woman Sha'Carri Richardson.
Coach Walcott trained Fraser-Pryce to her fifth world title at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon and took the bold task of being Thompson-Herah's tutor to a possible historic three-peat of Olympic titles in Paris, didn't hold back words when talking about the American track star.
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"I mean Sha'Carri, I think as a result of her being an American, because she won the world championships and she did it in very, very fast times - being an American, I think it creates a better platform for her visibility. And her personality helps add to that," said the young Jamaican coach.
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Richardson won the 100m title at the world championships in Budapest last year, blazing to a Championship Record of 10.65s, thus defeating Shericka Jackson and Fraser-Pryce in the process.
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Since then, the 24-year-old has had so much buzz around her and currently tops the list of the world's most famous and influential athletics stars.
Aside from being a household name in the US, Richardson has done prestigious ambassadorial partnerships with Google and Andriod.
With her alleged $20,000,000 contract renewal with Nike after winning the world title last year, she has gone on to be a leading figure in several campaigns for the shoe brand - highlighted by being the face of the Nike x Jacquemus collaboration of their swoosh fashion collection release and appearing in the Nike Air Max Dn ad alongside global stars Drake, Erling Haaland, and Billie Eilish.
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Coach Walcott's sentiments can be understood, considering Richardson with just one individual world gold medal has all these privileges in a year, while Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah, with multiple world and Olympic titles, don't get this buzz or visibility from their shoe sponsors in Nike and Puma.
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