Sha’Carri Richardson, the reigning world champion in the women’s 100-meter sprint, issued a public apology this week following her arrest on a fourth-degree domestic violence charge stemming from a July 27 incident at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport involving her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman.

In a video posted to Instagram on Monday night, Richardson acknowledged she had placed herself in a “compromised situation” and is now focusing on self-reflection. On Tuesday, she followed up with a written message addressed directly to Coleman.

“To Christian I love you & I am so sorry,” Richardson wrote. “I love him & to him I can’t apologize enough.” She added that her apology “should be just as loud” as her “actions.”

According to Pat Graham of the Associated Press, Ri

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