by admin | May 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In 1968 the Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi saw a six-year-old girl executing immaculately graceful cartwheels during her break at a small rural school. Afterwards he went from classroom to classroom until he found her, and signed her up for his training...
by admin | Apr 25, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to gymnast Sarah Voss of Germany who wore a full-body suit at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Switzerland defied convention. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the MLB who, despite the...
by admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles has entered into an apparel partnership with women’s sportswear company Athleta, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday on a move expected to be announced later in the day. Biles had been a Nike athlete since 2015. ...
by admin | Apr 23, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
She did not break any rules, but Sarah Voss’s full-body suit at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Switzerland defied convention. Until now women and girls have only covered their legs in international competition for religious reasons. Voss...
by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After months of subtly indicating that the coming Olympics could be her last, Simone Biles recently changed her tune and refrained from ruling out the possibility that she could continue in some form until the Paris Olympics in 2024. Biles, already a veteran...
by admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It felt like a dream. After years of questioning her abilities and if she even belonged in the sport, everything went right for Lynnzee Brown at the 2019 NCAA championships. She led the University of Denver to its first team final appearance and tied for first place...
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Simone Biles made her Olympic debut in 2016, she cemented her status as the best gymnast in the world, pushing the boundaries of the sport with extraordinarily difficult routines to win the all-around competition and lead the United States to team gold. This...
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee told American athletes that it would allow social and racial justice demonstrations at the Olympic trials, gymnast Simone Biles thought about leotards. She said she imagined the possibilities to “make a statement,...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
John Geddert, the former USA Gymnastics coach, was found dead in February just hours after he had been charged with 24 felonies including human trafficking and sexual assault in relation to his decades of work with young gymnasts in his home state of Michigan....
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
While recovering from shoulder surgery over the summer, Dennis meditated on the Black Lives Matter movement, and it has become increasingly important to her to put her Blackness front and center in an arena that has historically only celebrated Eurocentric standards....
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