by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nevin Harrison was 14 years old when the doctor told her she was finished. All she’d ever wanted to be was an athlete. But athletics, she was told, weren’t feasible. She was, at the time, a multi-sport star with Olympic dreams. “I always dreamed of it being in track,”...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If this is indeed the end of an era, or at least the end for a few decorated U.S. women’s national team stars, it at least concludes with a medal and some style points. The U.S. captured Olympic bronze for the first time on Thursday, rediscovering the joy that...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nevin Harrison saved her tears for the finish line, where they came pouring out over a golden smile. The American teenager made women’s Olympic history on Thursday when she surged over the back half of the first canoe 200 sprint final to overtake Laurence...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Longtime women’s basketball coach June Daugherty, who spent 11 seasons at both Washington and Washington State, died Monday at her home in Boise, Idaho. She was to turn 65 next week. Daugherty’s husband, Mike, who was also her assistant coach throughout...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Competing in sports is one of the most empowering vehicles for coming into your own as a young woman – and 23-time Grand Slam singles title winner Serena Williams knows this. Williams, who is featured in Secret Deodorant’s new Just #WatchMe Olympics...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Great Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, claimed the bronze medal in Wednesday’s park skating competition with her last run of the day. It meant the three skaters on the podium had a combined aged of 44 — two years more than the medalists in last week’s...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The NCAA has for years treated women’s basketball as inferior to men’s, a stinging external review found, dramatically undervaluing and undermining the women’s game in ways that go far beyond the substandard weight rooms exposed at its championships in March. The...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When it comes to gymnastics, the judges at the Olympics score on more than just gravity-defying flips and sticks. In order to get the gold, judges look at every little detail — down to the gymnasts’ nails and the way they wear their hair. Every sport in the...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
For female Olympians, the debate over uniforms has taken center stage alongside their athletic performances. U.S. beach volleyball players April Ross and Alix Klineman wear bikinis because of heat and sand, though Ross acknowledged that the two-piece bathing suit also...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The finish line of the 800 meters is not a place where runners make decisions. They gulp for air. They writhe. They operate with the primal parts of the brain designed for survival. When Athing Mu arrives there, it looks as if she has run a different race. She’s an...
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