by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Ashleigh Johnson—the 6’1″ star goalkeeper for America’s “best-team-you’ve-likely-never-heard-of-but-totally-should”—was growing up swimming and playing water polo in Miami, she heard racist stereotypes about Black people and pools. Other kids, parents, even...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s 3-on-3 basketball team has made history. Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Stefanie Dolson and Jackie Young won gold in the inaugural 3-on-3 basketball Olympic competition, defeating Russia 18-15 Wednesday evening at Tokyo’s Aomi...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It ought to go without saying that Biles does not owe any of us an explanation—or any gymnastics. While we all want to know what happened, why she scratched isn’t even really what’s important here. What is important is that a grown adult athlete...
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...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before discovering gymnastics, Kathy Johnson ran track and was quite good at it. She was so good, in fact, that for a time she thought she might become a track and field Olympian. It’s not unusual for athletes to explore other hobbies and interests before settling on...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After withdrawing from the women’s team gymnastics final on Tuesday, Simone Biles toldassembled reporters that she had pulled out to “focus on her mindfulness” and her mental health after a “long week.” Biles, who struggled on her vault during the first rotation...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
So many young girls around the globe pick up their first tennis racket, win their first match and picture themselves growing up to be the next Serena Williams. But studies have shown that many of them won’t even continue their sport into their teenage years....
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Ten days after fencer Alen Hadzic secured a spot as an alternate on the US Olympic team, a group of women took their concerns about him straight to the top. The six women fencers, including two Olympic athletes, wrote to the Olympic committee that Hadzic should...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it. That thought was 81 years in the making. Frank’s grandmother, Angelika Rädche, qualified to swim for...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado concluded her floor routine during Olympic qualifying on Sunday by incorporating a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement. The 18-year-old ended her routine on one knee, her head back and her right fist thrust straight into the...
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