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Others reacted with incomprehension and anger to the sprinter’s statements. The Norwegian public medium “NRK” reported that some angry media representatives called the performance “totally disrespectful”.
The reason for the outrage was a world champion who was not very interested in answering questions from the journalists.
While many questions were rejected by the American with a “No thanks”, the 23-year-old was all the more upset when her name was unintentionally mispronounced.
Richardson responds sarcastically to inquiries
When asked regarding her improvement in performance from last year’s World Championships, when she failed to qualify for the World Championships in Eugene, to this year’s title, she only responded with sarcastic answers.
“Yes, I missed the World Cup last year – you shouldn’t have reminded me,” she told a journalist.
“The difference between then and now is that I kept my feet on the ground, kept my faith and had people around me who cared regarding me,” she added.
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Statement leads to laughter
To do this, she attacked the US portal “LetsRun” directly. When asked which factors had gone better this year, the sprinter replied: “Breaking out background noise and media – just like yours.”
The statement led to a few laughs in the media room, but also to irritation and opposition from the journalists. Even third-place finisher Fraser-Pryce had to hold back her emotions following the testimony.
On “X”, formerly Twitter”, the American earned a lot of criticism from renowned athletics journalists such as Scott Cacciola.
Answer leads to incomprehension: “Totally embarrassing”
Commenting on the video, the New York Times editor said: “A perfectly fair and appropriate question. And the ‘reporters’ who laugh and applaud her prickly answer are an embarrassment.”
“Guardian” colleague Cathal Dennehy agreed and called the action “totally embarrassing”.
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