{"id":137061,"date":"2026-01-30T02:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137061\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:07:07","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-charged-with-speeding-in-florida-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137061\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson charged with speeding in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &#8211; United States&#8217; Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson looks on after winning the gold medal in the women&#8217;s 4 X 100 meters relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matthias Schrader, File) (Matthias Schrader,  Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Olympic gold medalist Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson was arrested and charged with speeding in Florida on Thursday, according to law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Richardson was arrested for allegedly going 104 mph (167 kph) on a parkway just outside of Orlando. A spokesperson for the Orange County sheriff&#8217;s department said she was \u201cdangerously tailgating and traveling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 25-year-old sprinter is one of the fastest women of all time, winning a silver medal in the 100 meters in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and gold in the 4&#215;100 relay that same year. Richardson&#8217;s Olympic medals came after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/richardson-marijuana-test-olympic-100-5980fa868b14b54d4686591b01c65e46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she was disqualified<\/a> from the 2020 Olympics when she tested positive for chemicals found in marijuana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Last year, Richardson <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shacarri-richardson-christian-coleman-track-f34907b2c682d6cb26a26d88f6aa603a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued a public apology<\/a> to her boyfriend, Christian Coleman, after she was arrested on a fourth-degree domestic violence offense for allegedly assaulting Coleman at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in July. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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