by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Sha’Carri Richardson is sharing the lessons she’s learned after being suspended from the Olympic team ahead of the Tokyo Summer Games following a positive test for marijuana. Richardson, 21, who tested positive for THC after taking a drug test at the U.S....
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian figure skater who tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Beijing Olympics, will still be allowed to compete in her event, officials announced Monday. If she wins, however, no medal ceremony will be held until the...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As more athletes use their platforms to raise awareness of social issues, the sports landscape is becoming more accepting of its athletes’ activism initiatives. At Adweek’s Brandweek Sports Marketing summit, sports icons Candace Parker and Allyson Felix spoke with...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
From Serena Williams to LeBron James, many athletes have transcended their impact and influence beyond the realm of sports and into activism; among them is track and field star, Allyson Felix. According to ESPN, the Olympian was recently named Sportswoman of the Year...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
This year, the list has been sorted into six categories – icons, pioneers, titans, artists, leaders and innovators. Four sportswomen made this year’s list – Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Allyson Felix and Sunisa Lee. GiveMeSport Women runs through each female athlete and...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Runner Breanna Clark won gold in the women’s 400 meters in the T20 classification at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 31, setting a new world record in the process with a time of 55.18 seconds. (The T20 classification is a sport class for intellectual...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won the 100 meters in 10.72 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Paris without in-form Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to rival her on Saturday. Thompson-Herah quickly raced clear with a legal tailwind at the Charlety Stadium to...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On a Sunday afternoon in June, Sophia Gorriarian celebrated her 16th birthday in a state 3,000 miles from where she lives in Rhode Island. The youngest athlete running in the 2021 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Gorriaran was just four days away from one of the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
ot long ago, Gabby Thomas thought that at age 24, she would be working for a nonprofit medical organization, or maybe as a hospital administrator, with a focus on eliminating racial disparities in health care. That was the plan – make the 2020 Olympics, maybe try a...
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Donned in a loose-fitting gray tee, her hair in pigtails, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the athletic superstar otherwise known as “Pocket Rocket” (or “Mommy Rocket” since the birth of her son) welcomes me into her home, on the other side of a Zoom screen. At 9am, I could...
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