IOC hits back at Sha'Carri Richardson's double standards accusations

The International Olympic Committee has rejected claims from U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson of racist double standards in their handling of her anti-doping case and that of Russian prodigy Kamila Valieva.

Valieva, 15, was given a reprieve earlier this week to continue competing at Beijing 2022 and leads going into today's final day of the women's figure skating.

While Valieva, nicknamed 'Miss Perfect', was positive last December for the banned angina drug trimetazidine, and her sample also included two legal heart medications, hypoxen and L-Carnitine, Richardson was prevented from running at the Tokyo Olympics because of a marijuana rap. 

Richardson said: 'Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines? My mother died and I can't run and was also favored to place top 3. The only difference I see is I'm a black young lady.'

'It's all in the skin,' she tweeted Monday morning. 'Btw THC is definitely not a performance enhance!!!!' 

'Failed in December and the world just now know however my resulted was posted within a week and my talent & name slaughtered to the people.' 

She continued: 'Not one BLACK athlete has been about to compete with a case going on, I don't care what they say!!!' 

An IOC spokesman responded: 'You can't talk about double standards in relation to Russian and American athletes, each case is individual. 

'Richardson's positive doping test was discovered on 19 June, and the result was received before the start of the Olympics. She was suspended for a month. There is nothing in common between these two cases.' 

'This Games, which has not concluded, concerns an issue in December. She is in the center of a lot of speculation. It must be very tough for her.

'We of course are in