Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested Sunday at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport after an incident with her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman, per a police report obtained by The Athletic from the Port of Seattle Police Department. The case has since been cleared, per the same police report.
The incident, first reported by LetsRun.com, landed Richardson in custody for just shy of 19 hours at the SCORE South Correctional Entity.
The police report described an incident at the TSA security checkpoint. Richardson, the arresting officer detailed, got into a heated argument with Coleman — who told the officer Richardson was his girlfriend of two years, though the couple didn’t go public with their relationship until February. The arresting officer witnessed Richardson shove Coleman multiple times as Coleman walked away from Richardson — footage caught on security camera — and deemed it enough probable cause to arrest Richardson. The offense was listed as a fourth-degree domestic violence assault.
Both Richardson and Coleman raced in Thursday’s preliminary rounds. Richardson posted a time of 11.07 seconds in the first round of the women’s 100-meter competition. Coleman ran 10.08 in his heat. Both advanced to Thursday evening’s final.
