{"id":61931,"date":"2026-01-29T22:34:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61931"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:13:39","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-charged-with-speeding-at-104-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/29\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-charged-with-speeding-at-104-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist Sha\u2019Carri Richardson charged with speeding at 104 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olympic gold medalist Sha\u2019Carri Richardson was arrested and charged with speeding near Orlando on Thursday, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"68555a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #68555a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"574\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shacarri_Richardson_Speeding_Arrest_48725.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61932 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shacarri_Richardson_Speeding_Arrest_48725.webp 862w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shacarri_Richardson_Speeding_Arrest_48725-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shacarri_Richardson_Speeding_Arrest_48725-768x511.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson was arrested for allegedly going 104 mph on a parkway just outside of Orlando. A spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office said she was \u201cdangerously tailgating and traveling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u00d7100 relay that same year. Richardson\u2019s Olympic medals came after&nbsp;she was disqualified&nbsp;from the 2020 Olympics when she tested positive for chemicals found in marijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist Sha\u2019Carri Richardson was arrested and charged with speeding near Orlando on Thursday, according to law enforcement. 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