by admin | Feb 13, 2024 | Representation, SEW
A U.S. artistic swimming team will compete at the Olympics this summer for the first time since 2008. The team could include a man for the first time ever. The Americans earned one of the last five spots available at the world championships in Doha this week. The...
by admin | Feb 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Gabby Douglas, who was the first Black gymnast to win the Olympic all-around gold medal when she earned the top prize in London in 2012, is ready to try for another one. “I’m still a competitor at heart,” Douglas said in an interview Tuesday night on...
by admin | Jan 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Olympic champion Lara Gut-Behrami is halfway to Lindsey Vonn’s Cortina record after claiming a World Cup super-G on Sunday for her sixth career victory on the Olympia delle Tofane course — which again was the site of multiple crashes. But Gut-Behrami, 32,...
by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart headline an 18-player roster for a USA Basketball women’s minicamp camp next week. The camp, led by national team head coach Cheryl Reeve in Brooklyn, New York, will determine a 12-player roster for a...
by admin | Jan 15, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Last week was a busy one for U.S. women’s national team fullbacks, with Emily Fox and Casey Kruger joining Arsenal and the Washington Spirit, respectively. Both were eligible for NWSL free agency this winter and Krueger opted to exercise that option on...
by admin | Jan 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national team enters a new era in 2024 as Emma Hayes takes over the team and looks to put an extremely disappointing 2023 behind. After the four-time world champion suffered its earliest Women’s World Cup exit in Australia and...
by admin | Jan 1, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
A gender-equal Olympic Games next year will coincide with increasing sponsorship opportunities for female athletes, experts say, after the Women’s World Cup soccer tournament underscored the growing popularity of women’s sport in 2023. Organisers say...
by admin | Dec 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sunisa “Suni” Lee may be the reigning all-around women’s gymnastics champion, but for a while she wasn’t sure if she was going to be able to return to defend her title at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The 20-year-old, who enrolled at...
by admin | Dec 25, 2023 | Representation, SEW
There is a World Cup slalom race for women on the International Ski Federation’s schedule Thursday, and any time such an event is staged, Mikaela Shiffrin is a threat — no, a favorite — to win it. She has won seven season-long titles in that discipline, more than any...
by admin | Dec 18, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Olympic ski jumping champion Maren Lundby, who fought for gender equality and raised health issues within her sport, retired at age 29. In a tearful press conference, Lundby said she no longer feels the spark to compete at the highest level. Read More
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