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If you look good, you feel good, you do good, RichardsontoldNylonin June.

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I feel that way on and off the track.

Its not just track stars (or Nike athletes) who are embracing exuberant self-expression.

So thats really important to me.

Sha’Carri Richardson holds her gold medal with nails after competing in the women’s 100 meter final on Day Two of the…

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It all just makes me feel more confident.

It makes me feel like I am who I am.

And fashion is how I can showcase that.

Florence Griffith Joyner of the United States prepares for the Women’s 200m metres event at the United States Olympic…

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That energy is becoming a new world in itself, Richardson said in abehind-the-scenesVoguevideo.

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