Three years ago Usain Bolt advised Sha’Carri Richardson to focus and train hard a prophecy validated by her mixed results at the Paris Olympics.

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt’s prophecy that American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson needed to “train harder” has come to pass in the most spectacularly vibrant and somewhat comedic fashion.

A month after the Paris Olympics, the sprint world is still abuzz, not just with Richardson’s performances but with how Bolt’s candid advice turned into a script for athletic redemption, served with a side of high-speed drama and epic stare-downs.

In the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, the athletic community hung on every word uttered by Bolt, the fastest man ever, when he suggested that Richardson could do with less talk and more action.

His advice was simple yet charged with the weight of experience: train harder and keep the focus sharp.

This was after Richardson, known for her fiery persona and equally blazing hair colors, faced suspension and missed the Tokyo Olympics, only to claim silver in a nail-biting finish in Paris.

“I would tell Sha’Carri to train harder and to be focused and not say too much. If you talk that big talk you have to back it up. So just train hard and focus on that and try to come back do it and then talk about it,” Bolt had advised.

Fast forward to the Olympic track in Paris and it seems Richardson took Bolt’s words not just to heart but to her legs.