by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
You look at the score, and the margin of victory, and you say to yourself, “How?” Yes, we’re talking about a golfer who won 72 LPGA titles and 10 major championships, a World Golf Hall of Famer who can go by her first name alone, who was a dominant force in her...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the U.S. women’s basketball team heads into the knockout rounds of the Olympics, at least they won’t be accused of having no competition this time. If anything, the three games of group play have been surprisingly difficult for Team USA, including...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After failing to win a medal on the vault on Sunday, Jade Carey went back to the U.S. gymnastics team’s hotel and searched for ways to shake off her disappointment. With one more event to go in these Tokyo Games, the floor exercise, she needed to bounce back, and...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On Thursday night in Tokyo, moments after Sunisa Lee was awarded the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, the 18-year-old American called the experience “surreal.” And of course it was. Lee, like every other US gymnast for most of the past...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Japanese government confirmed on Monday that Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is safe after she alleged that her country attempted to forcefully remove her from Tokyo. Hours later, a Polish government official announced that she had been granted a...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
All 39 years of Carli Lloyd squatted to the ground, her head in her hands in disbelief that the march for gold was over. Megan Rapinoe approached her and patted her back, so much meaning and history baked into one moment. “We’ve been in this a long time together....
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
While USA Gymnastics has made improvements since the Larry Nassar scandal, athletes say there’s still a lack of transparency and honesty. Read More
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before Jade Carey began her last routine at these Games, she could have already secured an Olympic medal. But the carpet of the vault runway got in her way. Carey had qualified for two apparatus finals, vault and floor, and entered each as a medal contender. Those...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made Olympic history on Monday night, becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Games. The milestone comes 18 years after the International Olympic Committee first created a policy to allow for transgender athletes...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the German women’s gymnastics team showed up to compete at the European Championships in April wearing long-legged bodysuits, Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis was surprised. “Although my immediate reaction was that it was very cool, I then wondered if...
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