On the medal stand, Brittney Griner’s tears said everything

by | Aug 22, 2024 | Representation, SEW | 0 comments

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was climbing to its conclusion, and Brittney Griner couldn’t stop the tears. Because her right hand was over her heart and she held a Paris Olympicsposter in a cardboard box in her left, Griner had no way to wipe her reddened, wet eyes. She swallowed hard, as if to calm and reset herself. And try as she might, blinking them away didn’t work, either.

An instrumental version of the national anthem played following the U.S. women’s basketball team’s gold medal win Sunday, and Griner cried. Her tears framed her round cheeks and streamed down her face. She was the only one on the medal stand so moved. Then again, she might have been the only woman on the podium who had to play through PTSD at these Olympics. And she probably was the only person in the arena who had served time in a Russian penal colony. Read More

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