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Canada sets Olympic record, wins gold in women’s team pursuit speedskating after Japanese skater falls on final turn

by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Canada won speedskating gold in women’s team pursuit Tuesday after a skater for defending Olympic champion Japan fell on the final turn. Japan appeared to be heading for a second straight gold medal in the event, holding a lead of about 0.3 seconds with a half...

U.S.-Japan Gold Medal Game Proves Softball Deserves Olympic Sport Status

by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW

This game seemed as good as softball can get: The two best teams in the world, one the inventor of the game and the other the host of the Olympics, going pitch for pitch, nerve for nerve. Then it suddenly got better. Sometimes a sport produces a moment so...

Kelsey Stewart homers to cap rally as Team USA heads to softball gold-medal game unbeaten at 5-0 at Olympics

by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk-off hits in Japan. Stewart hit a game-ending home run leading off the seventh inning, and the United States rallied late to beat Japan 2-1 on Monday and win the Olympic softball group stage — and with it the right to bat last...

Expected to Be Demure, Japan’s Girls Face Steep Hurdles to Athletic Dreams

by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Kurumi Mochizuki is the kind of skilled soccer player who can roll a ball from between her shoulder blades to the top of her head and onto her right foot, keeping it aloft for more than a dozen kicks. She makes it look so easy. Yet when she practices with her local...

Olympic chief shake-up in Tokyo casts light on wider sexism in Japanese sport

by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old who headed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee, announced his resignation on Friday after an uproar over remarks demeaning women, including saying that female colleagues talk too long at meetings. But the leadership change also...
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