by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jordan Chiles was just joking when she first started talking to Simone Biles about changing gyms and joining her at the World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas. But the more they talked about it, the more Chiles couldn’t stop thinking about it. She enjoyed...
by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Aussie Spirit, the Australian women’s softball team, will be among the first athletes to arrive in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics after leaving Sydney on Monday.The squad of 23 will arrive in Ota City for a training camp before facing Japan on July 21, a game...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya failed in her latest bid to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Games, finishing well outside the qualifying mark for the 5000m. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kerri Walsh Jennings, eyeing a sixth Olympics at age 42, and new partner Brooke Sweat must rally past another U.S. team in the last qualifying event next week to make it to Tokyo. Countrywomen Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won the penultimate international...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
I can still feel the rough spots of asphalt underneath me, balanced on one knee, fingertips on the ground. I remained as still as possible, razor focused, ready to sprint. I was at the net, my gaze set on that white band at the top, not daring to look to...
by admin | May 26, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
By now, Simone Biles was supposed to be enjoying retirement at the ripe old age of 24. The 25-time world medalist previously said she would retire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — capping an illustrious career in a sport in which many gymnasts struggle or retire...
by admin | May 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, and Alex Morgan have been named to United States women’s national team training camp for three friendlies ahead of the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. However, Chicago Red Stars midfielder Julie Ertz will miss out...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Black women’s excellence is continuously undermined in a world that refuses to even recognize their humanity. In the case of the South African runner Caster Semenya, the latest ruling on the legality of her body exemplifies how discrimination is codified in the very...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, is renowned for performing moves so difficult, and so distinctive, that several have been named after her. On Saturday, she executed a new one considered so dangerous that no other women even attempt it. Her latest...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles is never quite sure how many world championships medals she has. Ask how many skills are named after her, and she has to think about it. So more titles and accolades were not what brought the four-time Olympic champion back to gymnastics after a...
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