Sha’Carri Richardson in Vogue US August 2024 Olympics Issue by Luis Alberto Rodriguez AOC Fashion

Photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] delivers richly well-done images of Olympic runner Sha’Carri Richardson in a sporting fashion story for the Vogue August’s 2024 digital issue. Julia Sarr-Jamois styles the track star inn Ralph Lauren Collection for the cover and slinky white dress, Bode tank top and shorts, and Nike Team USA Olympic leotard and bikers. / Hair by Key Rentz; makeup by Sally Branka; no credit for Richardson’s outstanding talons.

Richardson won her first Olympic medal today, after suffering the sad suspension for the track star at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

News of her estranged biological mother dying, opening deep wounds that never healed, reached Richardson the week before Tokyo. She tested positive for THC in Tokyo but then captured the empathetic hearts of sports fans learning about her life story.

Sunday News: Richardson Wins Silver

Today was a far happier event for Sha’Carri Richardson, when she won silver in Paris. Was silver — not gold — a surprise? Yes. And her gold medal loss was 1/4 of a second to Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia.

It’s a staggering win for Alfred and St. Lucia—delivering the island’s first Olympic medal of any kind. Melissa Jefferson of Team USA, and Richard’s training partner, finished third for the bronze medal.