by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
They were children sitting at a dais in a roomful of adults. The gold and silver medal winners of the first Olympic women’s street skateboarding event, fearless in their leaps off ramps and railings, suddenly looked small at the victory news conference. Japan’s Momiji...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Pink is offering her support to the Norwegian female beach handball team in their battle against wearing bikini bottoms during games. The Grammy-winning singer, 41, took to Twitter on Saturday to announce that she would be willing to pay the disciplinary...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nobody was speaking about Anna Kiesenhofer ahead of the Tokyo 2020 women’s road race, but they certainly are now.The Austrian rider was considered a novice compared to her competitors, notably defending champion Anna van der Breggen, former Olympic bronze...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Sue Bird, WNBA legend and member of the US Women’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics, who was elected flag bearer for the opening ceremony. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the European...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It’s 2021, but the policing of female athletes’ bodies is a practice that continues to thrive. The Norwegian women’s beach handball team is in a battle with the sport’s governing bodies to wear less-revealing uniforms. After the...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
German female gymnasts will choose whether they want to wear full body-suits in Sunday’s qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics after receiving accolades for donning the outfits in the past in a stand against the sexualisation of their sport. The German team wore...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When softball helped kick off the Olympics on Wednesday in Tokyo, it was a triumphant return, if only a temporary one. After a 13-year absence, the sport is making its first appearance at the Summer Games since Beijing in 2008. Softball and baseball...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Gabby Douglas was the breakout star of the 2012 London Olympics when she helped the U.S. women’s gymnastics team win its first team gold since 1996. Though she won’t be competing in Tokyo – she hasn’t participated in a competition since the 2016 Rio...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
She etched her name in Olympic lore with an injured ankle and a vault. Kerri Strug under-rotated on her first attempt, injuring her ankle and leaving a score of 9.2 on the board, which, at the time, wasn’t clear it would be enough to win gold. But she was the...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Spanish synchronised swimmer Ona Carbonell has said she is disappointed and disillusioned that she cannot take her breastfeeding son with her to the Olympics, because her family would be subject to such drastic restrictions in Japan. Her husband and son Kai, who is...
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