by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag and raised a T-shirt over her face as the national anthem played Saturday, minutes after she qualified for the Olympic team at the U.S. track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. Berry has demonstrated on the podium before,...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Vashti Cunningham showcased why she’s the best women’s high jumper in the country in May when she leaped a personal best of 6 feet, 7½ inches at the Chula Vista Field Fest. Days leading up to the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Cunningham envisioned jumping...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
To stay loose for the women’s 100-meter sprint at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Wyomia Tyus danced the “Tighten Up” before settling into her starting blocks. The dance song was an early funk classic by Archie Bell and the Drells, a Houston band that proclaimed...
by admin | Jun 13, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who earned the title of fastest woman alive this week. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to USA Water Polo who had to pay settle a sex abuse lawsuit.
by admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is now the fastest woman alive. The two-time Olympic champion ran the 100 meters in 10.63 seconds at a national trials warmup event in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday. Only one woman, American sprinter Florence Griffith...
by admin | Jun 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Ethiopian set a new record of 29 minutes, 1.03 seconds at the Ethiopian Olympic trials, which are being held in Hengelo. Gidey took 5.79 seconds off the mark set by Hassan on Sunday. Hassan, an Ethiopian-born Dutch runner, had bettered the previous record held by...
by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the world’s fastest women’s 100m in nearly 33 years on Saturday and re-established herself as the favorite for a third gold in Tokyo. Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican who won the 2019 World title...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is one of the biggest and most recognisable figures in British sport – but being hailed as the pride of a nation comes with pressure and scrutiny. The three time world champion and Olympic gold medallist opened up to host of How To...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya failed in her latest bid to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Games, finishing well outside the qualifying mark for the 5000m. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Black women’s excellence is continuously undermined in a world that refuses to even recognize their humanity. In the case of the South African runner Caster Semenya, the latest ruling on the legality of her body exemplifies how discrimination is codified in the very...
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