Sha'Carri Richardson officially caps off rollercoaster 2025 season, confirmed to give back to fans at ATHLOS meet

Concluding a rollercoaster 2025 season, Sha'Carri Richardson has officially capped off her running engagements for the year by announcing her withdrawal from the ATHLOS track meet in New York. Instead, will make an appearance in a meet and greet with fans.

The track star communicated the development with a special post on her Instagram page, where she shared a flyer of a meet and greet with fans, but she will not be running due to undisclosed reasons.

"Although I’m not running, I’m definitely showing up for our track fans! I’ll meet you at the Fan Zone Plaza for what will be an epic night of women dominating the track! See you there! @athlos," she wrote.

In April, Richardson, Tara Davis-Woodhall, and Gabby Thomas were named as advisor owners for the ATHLOS league to begin in 2026.

“Gabby, Sha’Carri, and Tara represent a new generation of athletes who have put this sport on their shoulders and deserve to be compensated for being the standard-bearers,” said ATHLOS founder Alexis Ohanian in a statement.

“We were focused on bringing them into the League as founding owners to ensure we’re building a League that our athletes will love.”

Following her withdrawal from running at the ATHLOS meet, this means Richardson has officially capped off her rollercoaster 2025 season with her last meet at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships.

The 25-year-old sprint queen fell short at defending her world title in Tokyo, after a fifth-place finish in the women's 100m final as she witnessed her training partner Melissa Jefferson-Wooden blaze to the 100m gold medal in a championship record of 10.61s.

However, she made up for it with a blistering anchor leg run in the women's 4x100m final, as she finished a fantastic team work by Jefferson-Wooden, Tee Tee Terry, and Kayla White to secure Team USA's third consecutive world title in the event.

Richardson's 2025 season was a tumultuous one for the renowned runner, from injuries to domestic violence charges against her boyfriend Christian Coleman, to seeing her struggle with form on the track, which saw her lose her position as the world's fastest female sprinter.

In spite of these obstacles, she managed to persevere and made a respectable outing at the biggest event in Tokyo. With her season now done and dusted, the speedster will aim to make a bigger comeback next year and regain her position at the summit of the world's best female 100m runners.