U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is copping a plea from the public after an ugly incident that involved her assaulting her boyfriend at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last month and being booked on a charge of misdemeanor fourth-degree domestic violence assault. But the public absolution she’s seeking via social media mea culpa may not be what the talented 25-year-old champion needs most. For her sake, one hopes she engages in a deeper, less public, reflection about how she might safeguard her career by making fewer mistakes off the track.

One hopes she engages in a deeper reflection about how she might safeguard her career by making fewer mistakes off the track.

Security footage of the July 27 scene at the airport shows Richardson shoving her boyfriend, Olympic

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