by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When it comes to gymnastics, the judges at the Olympics score on more than just gravity-defying flips and sticks. In order to get the gold, judges look at every little detail — down to the gymnasts’ nails and the way they wear their hair. Every sport in the...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
For female Olympians, the debate over uniforms has taken center stage alongside their athletic performances. U.S. beach volleyball players April Ross and Alix Klineman wear bikinis because of heat and sand, though Ross acknowledged that the two-piece bathing suit also...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The finish line of the 800 meters is not a place where runners make decisions. They gulp for air. They writhe. They operate with the primal parts of the brain designed for survival. When Athing Mu arrives there, it looks as if she has run a different race. She’s an...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Graduates of Harvard University have gone on to become presidents, governors, senators, and movie stars. In Tokyo on Tuesday, American sprinter Gabby Thomas was chasing something no other Harvard graduate has—a track-and-field gold medal from the Olympic Games. (One...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
US hammer thrower Gwen Berry says she is “ready to change some stuff for real” after raising her fist before the women’s hammer throw final at Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday. As she was introduced into the stadium, Berry raised a clenched fist, later...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As Tamyra Mensah-Stock celebrated winning her Olympic gold medal, she hoped her victory would encourage Black girls in the United States to consider wrestling. When she defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu 4-1 in the women’s 68-kilogram freestyle...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. long jumper Brittney Reese has been racking up individual championship titles for more than a decade. Three Olympic medals, including a new silver one on Tuesday. Eight world championship medals. Is she the best long jumper of all time? “I am,” she...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
“We’re not just entertainment, we’re human beings,” Simone Biles says, after winning bronze on balance beam. Read More
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team forward Alex Morgan has said she is “devastated” that they will not compete for the Olympic gold medal, while Megan Rapinoe said she was “gutted” about the defeat...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The songs sounded familiar but they didn’t know who that was strumming the guitar and bellowing into the microphone. So when the stallion they foaled nearly 12 years ago on their breeding grounds in Belgium was sold to a farm in New Jersey,...
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