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Mikaela Shiffrin Says ‘the Pressure Is Always There’ for Olympic Athletes as She Praises Simone Biles

by admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin is speaking candidly about the pressures she faces in the spotlight as an Olympic champion. While recently chatting with PEOPLE ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the 26-year-old alpine ski racer — who has won two golds and a silver medal at Olympic...

Olympian Simone Biles Teams Up With Cerebral To Make Mental Health Care Accessible In Underserved Communities

by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Olympian Simone Biles has been candid about the mental health obstacles she’s faced, and the gymnastics star is putting the focus on helping others who are on the same path towards healing. She’s teaming up with the digital mental health care platform Cerebral to...

Tennis star to donate $50,000 prize money to World Mental Health Day

by admin | Oct 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Tennis star Iga Swiatek says she will be donating $50,000 of her prize money in support of World Mental Health Day, after progressing to the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday. The world No. 4 took less than an hour to breeze through her...

Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Is Encouraging Everyone to Get Real

by admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Aly Raisman may have two Olympic games and six medals under her belt, but right now, the retired gymnast’s focus is on using her platform to spread kindness. Though it may sound cliché, since stepping away from the sport in 2020, the athlete has been busy putting in...

Williams praises Osaka and Biles for opening up about mental health

by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Tennis superstar Venus Williams candidly shared her own mental health struggles as she praised athletes Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles for speaking out about their own battles. Williams, who was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2019, wrote in an op-ed for the New...

Christen Press confirms career break to focus on mental health

by admin | Sep 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW

USWNT forward Christen Press has confirmed that she will be taking a break from her career for the next ‘couple of months’ in order to focus on her mental health. That decision will rule the two-time World Cup winner out of at least four upcoming international matches...

Drew Barrymore Thanks Simone Biles & Other Athletes Speaking Out About Mental Health

by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Drew Barrymore is grateful for athletes like Simone Biles who are advancing the conversation around the importance of mental health. “When you hear it from an athlete, those are people that are infallibly capable, and I think athletes supporting mental health will...

Naomi Osaka Shouldn’t Feel Pressured to Rush Return to Tennis

by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The racket went flying from her hands, caroming violently off the court, a vivid expression of Naomi Osaka’s frustration. It also marked a bit of foreshadowing. Here Osaka was, the defending U.S. Open champion, on a Friday night in New York, in front of 20,000 fans...

Naomi Osaka’s comments on being “humble” prove the sexist standards around female success

by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW

At just 23 years old, Naomi Osaka has won four Grand Slam championships, been the highest-paid sportswoman for two years in a row, and became the first tennis player to light an Olympic cauldron. While you might think that gives her all the bragging rights in the...

Liz Cambage details mental health battle, considers stunning Olympics-WNBA ultimatum

by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Opals star Liz Cambage has shared stunning details about the extent of her mental health battle after her shock withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics last month. The Aussie WNBA All-Star revealed how she had struggled with her mental health before the Opals’...
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