by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Three years after withdrawing from the team final of the Tokyo Olympics with a mental block, a move that prompted critics to call her a loser, a quitter and un-American, Simone Biles on Thursday proved to the world — and to herself — that she was unstoppable. Biles,...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
After three games at the Paris Olympics, the only winless team in the women’s 3×3 basketball pool is the sport’s global superpower. Team USA fell to 0-3 in pool play on Thursday with a 17-15 loss to Australia, pushing the defending champions into last...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang will donate $4 million to USA Women’s Rugby over the next four years to boost the team’s resources for players and coaching staff ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang will donate $4...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Down and back she went — 50 meters at a time, 30 times in all. In the pool, Katie Ledecky is the model of consistency. From lap to lap and from Olympics to Olympics. She was once the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team. She won gold then, an unassuming, cheery...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
It was the yellow ball, for her. It was the piano keys, for him. That first touch of the future. “Ever since I was 5 years old, man,” he says. “From diapers,” she says. That’s when they knew where they were headed. Sports, specifically water polo, for Maggie Steffens....
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant. Now, Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has shown the world you can win an Olympic fencing match-up while expecting, too. Hafez, 26, revealed she was seven months pregnant one day after advancing to the round of 16...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
You could see it when French gold medalists Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner lit the cauldron’s flame together at the finale of the opening ceremony. And when Coco Gauff and Lebron James stood at the bow of the American delegation boat jointly holding the U.S. flag....
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The Olympic Games are more than just a global celebration of athletic prowess—they’ve long been a powerful platform for championing equality in sports. Women first competed in the Olympic Games in 1900, coincidentally held in Paris. Since then, the journey toward...
by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Representation, SEW
When it’s time to race, Kaylee McKeown is sure hard to beat. American Regan Smith came into the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Olympics with the world record and no shortage of confidence. Read More
by admin | Jul 31, 2024 | Representation, SEW
At least once every four years, a controversy erupts over female athletes’ sports apparel. And following Nike’s reveal of one 2024 Team USA Olympic track and field kit, athletes and fans have been questioning yet again what a uniform says about women’s place in elite...
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