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 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 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
When it comes to sports that attract fervent attention at the Olympics, gymnastics is always a top contender. Pulse-pounding and entertaining, the gravity-defying skills exhibited by athletes is unlike anything else seen at the Games. However, thanks to the Covid-19...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Chicago Sky’s Stefanie Dolson will be competing in the newly introduced 3×3 basketball competition in the Tokyo Games. The 3×3 competition is one of 15 new Olympic medal events, making the Tokyo Olympics the biggest ever with a total of 339...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Diana Taurasi has been practicing with the U.S. women’s basketball team since it arrived in Tokyo this week, and said she’s still hopeful of being able to play in the Americans’ Olympic opener July 27. Taurasi has been dealing with a hip injury and...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There have been a few basketball dynasties throughout history that you just don’t want to get caught betting against. The Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. The UConn Huskies in the 2000s. The Phoenix Suns in the 2020 play-in bubble. This summer, the world gets to...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Team USA striker Alex Morgan, 32, is one of the biggest stars in women’s football, already an Olympic gold medallist and a two-time World Cup winner who will be keen to add another honour to her collection at Tokyo 2020. Morgan first caught the eye a decade...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It only seems as if Oksana Chusovitina will compete forever. Almost three times older than some of the other gymnasts in Tokyo, the 46-year-old said Thursday that this, her eighth Olympics, will be her last. Told that she has said that before, only to keep going,...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Five women’s soccer teams took a knee ahead of their opening matches at the 2020 Summer Games.Great Britain and Chile teams took a knee on the pitch before their match, and the United States and Sweden teams knelt ahead of their clash on Wednesday. It’s...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday night. Alvarez, who won a silver medal in speedskating at the 2014 Sochi...
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