The Olympics are where athletes' dreams can either come true, or end in disappointment.

Sadly, the latter was true of one Olympic hopeful even before the 2021 Tokyo Games began.

I’m not making an excuse or looking for any empathy in my case" (via CNN).

Sha’Carri Richardson, Olympic trials 2021

USA Track & Field offered support, saying (viaYahoo!

She beat her personal best last April, just two months before the Olympic trials.

“My family has kept me grounded.

Sha’Carri Richardson and grandmother

This year has been crazy for me,” she said at the time (via The Sun).

(She has not identified her publicly.)

That’s who I am.

Sha’Carri Richardson holding flowers Olympic trials

And she certainly is.