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
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, Representation, SEW
At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. “Sport appeal, not sex appeal” is one mantra Olympic officials push in an effort to...
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 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lee Kiefer won the first gold medal in United States history in individual foil fencing on Sunday. Kiefer defeated Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-13 in the gold medal final for the win. Kiefer never trailed during the match, beating the gold...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk-off hits in Japan. Stewart hit a game-ending home run leading off the seventh inning, and the United States rallied late to beat Japan 2-1 on Monday and win the Olympic softball group stage — and with it the right to bat last...
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...
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...
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