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Montell Douglas and Mica McNeill: bobsledding at Beijing 2022
History will be made in the two-woman bobsleigh team for Great Britain.
Erin Jackson: the first Black woman to win individual gold at Winter Olympics
Black girl magic: on ice!
Nicole Whyte on finding confidence through speed skating
More Black women on the ice, doing their thing.
Shout out to the Philippines women’s soccer team who qualified for their first World Cup
Yesterday, the Philippines women’s soccer team qualified for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup after beating Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
The fearless female rally drivers of Finland
Not for the faint-hearted this sport.
Black ice skaters, photographed by Flo Ngala
It’s Black on white in black and white.
The wrestling women of Japan
Dangerous Minds on ‘the gorgeous ladies of Japanese wrestling‘: All-female wrestling in Japan in the 1970s was a glorious wonderland full of tough, athletic women happily defying cultural and gender norms. Matches were broadcast on television and a duo going by the name The Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda) were huge stars. Teenagers …
Ms. Fitz’s stunning basketball shot that won her third-graders some hot chocolate
That victory sip of hot chocolate must have been extra sweet.
Princess Ka‘iulani: a female pioneer of modern surfing
‘She kept on riding waves—and in so doing saved surfing for all generations to come.’
Venus Williams on the stuff that has made her tough
Body, mind, and soul. Three key elements to becoming a tennis champion. Venus Williams explained why in her NYT essay.
The Heraean Games: an unmarried women’s-only Olympic Games
‘The athletes, with their hair hanging freely and dressed in special tunics that cut just above the knee and bared their right shoulder and breast, competed in footraces.’
Robin Pacquing and her Great Lakes surf culture
Body positivity and surfing come together thanks to a Filipino Canadian surfer.
Shout out to Alice Dearing, the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics
Alice is 1 of only 3 Black British swimmers of any sex or gender to achieve this.
Simone Biles wins a record 7th national gymnastics title
And this isn’t even her final form!