by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before Jade Carey began her last routine at these Games, she could have already secured an Olympic medal. But the carpet of the vault runway got in her way. Carey had qualified for two apparatus finals, vault and floor, and entered each as a medal contender. Those...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made Olympic history on Monday night, becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Games. The milestone comes 18 years after the International Olympic Committee first created a policy to allow for transgender athletes...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the German women’s gymnastics team showed up to compete at the European Championships in April wearing long-legged bodysuits, Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis was surprised. “Although my immediate reaction was that it was very cool, I then wondered if...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After her emotional gold-medal performance in the women’s all-around competition, Sunisa Lee continued her medal hunt with a bronze in the uneven bars apparatus finals. Lee qualified second in the event, and was up first in the rotation of eight gymnasts....
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jessica Springsteen will become an Olympian in equestrian jumping before an empty arena Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics, taking the famous family name to new frontiers while her biggest supporters watch from their home in New Jersey. Springsteen, 29, will realize a...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For nearly a decade the United States women’s soccer teamwas anchored by Hope Solo and her brash, confident, occasionally controversial and mostly impossible-to-ignore persona. Solo didn’t mind speaking her mind, whether it was good for the team or not. She...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Larisa Latynina is the most decorated Olympic gymnast in history. The 86-year-old Soviet gymnast has 18 medals. Like much of the world, she was stunned to see Simone Biles, the four-time Olympic champion withdraw from events due to mental health concerns. Biles could...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Outspoken hammer thrower Gwen Berry was as proud as any of the 600 American Olympians in Tokyo to be donning the red, white and blue uniform with the letters “USA” emblazoned across the chest. “I feel like I’ve earned the right to wear this...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Black women have always elevated the sport of gymnastics, and this past year is irrefutable proof of that. From viral floor routines from college gymnasts to jaw-dropping, never-before-seen skillsexecuted by Simone Biles, Black gymnasts have finally been recognized...
by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Three fencers on the men’s US Olympic team were wearing pink masks when they arrived Friday in Tokyo for their opening match against Japan. But the coordinated masks weren’t a coincidence; they were a planned protest by the trio against a teammate who is...
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