by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
MARIA SCHNEIDER FELT nauseous. It was 2019 and she had just been named head coach of the gymnastics team at Brecksville-Broadview Heights, a suburban Cleveland high school. Read More
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three own goals in the first half by New Zealand’s Meikayla Moore has propelled the United States to a 5-0 victory Sunday in the SheBelieves Cup. The Americans — who tied the Czech Republic 0-0 in their tournament opener on Thursday — got all the help it needed...
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Much like the glitter she wears on her cheeks, Team USA‘s Jessie Diggins’ first and second career Olympic medals came with sparkling fashion marked by furious sprints. Her third Olympic medal, however, required a long slog. But the result is just as shiny. Read...
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin’s 2022 Olympic Games came to an anticlimactic end on Sunday in the bronze-medal race of the wind-delayed mixed team parallel skiing event. Shiffrin had been hoping to salvage her unexpected time in Beijing with one final shot at a medal as part...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Suzanne Schulting who became the first woman to win 4 short track medals in a single Olympics. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the Russian figure skating coaches and how they treated their athletes...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
American Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won her fifth Olympic medal Saturday, making her not only the most decorated woman to ever compete in the Olympic bobsled but also the most decorated Black athlete in the history of the Winter Games. After earning a bronze medal...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
With the Winter Olympics and Black History Month in full effect, it’s only right that we highlight trailblazer Dominique Dawes, who made history in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She became the first Black American gymnast to take home gold as part of her team’s...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The start of a new World Cup cycle is a time of optimism. There are new players to observe, and perhaps some new tactics to try out. All of a team’s dreams, especially for one as talented as the United States women’s national team, are possible. Reality...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott had just come up short in her bid for the gold medal in the Olympic women’s snowboard big air contest, but she didn’t even release her boots from her board before diving into a bear hug with winner Anna Gasser of Austria, who was...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a...
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