Meet The Black Women Who Are Taking Over The Tokyo Olympics

[BeckyDem]

MEET THE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO ARE COMPETING AT THE 2021 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO

BY LAURYN JILES
JUL 26, 2021
Black Women are taking over sports this year. With Black women dominating in sports like tennis, swim, track & field, and gymnastics, more Black female athletes have started to gain more attention and recognition from the media, sports fans, and the Black community.

With this year's Olympics taking place in Tokyo, many Black women in sports have secured their spot in representing team USA. More so now than ever, have shown interest in supporting Black female competitors. Representation in sports is especially important for Black women, as they are less represented than other demographics and deal with discrimination in sports. Black female athletes like Serena Williams and Florence "Flo-Jo" Jayne have opened doors for other Black women to pursue sports. As we near the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, here are five Black women on our radar that are competing this year.

https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a36819772/meet-the-black-women-who-are-taking-over-the-tokyo-olympics/

(As the end of the games is celebrated tonight, these women are too.)

[wryter2000]

1. Flo-Jo!

I haven't thought of her in ages. Wasn't her last name Griffiths-Joyner? Has she changed it, or am I thinking of the wrong Flo-Jo?

[BeckyDem]

2. Update

Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo’s Olympic record in women’s 100
By EDDIE PELLS
July 31, 2021


TOKYO (AP) — Streaking down the track, with only six steps to go until she reached the finish line, Elaine Thompson-Herah stuck out her left arm and started pointing at the clock.

She knew she had the win.

It was only a matter of what else would come with it.

With a time of 10.61 seconds, the latest in the long string of Jamaican speed stars defended her Olympic title in the 100 meters Saturday. She broke a 33-year-old Olympic record held by none other than Florence Griffith Joyner. And, as a more-than-fitting bonus, she revisited a debate first triggered by the fastest Jamaican of all — Usain Bolt.

Yes, the gold medal and Flo Jo’s venerable record were great. But the question could not be avoided: Just as people wondered what Bolt might have given up when he hotdogged his way to the finish line in his first Olympic victory in 2008, how much faster might Thompson-Herah have gone had she run hard for 100 meters, not just 90 or 95?


https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-track-and-field-elaine-thompson-sports-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-def8a8684a7496a39c1b49b1016b37c2

[wryter2000]

3. What do you know? I was right

Doesn't happen too often.

[BeckyDem]

5. Yep!

[3catwoman3]

7. There was Florence Griffith-Joyner ad Jackie Joyner Kersee.

They were sisters-in-law, and both were medal-winning Olympians.

Flo-Jo died in her sleep in 1998 during an epileptic seizure.

[DURHAM D]

4. I noticed the number of black women on teams from everywhere -

not just the US.

European countries. Asian countries. South American countries, Canada, UK. EVERYWHERE

[BeckyDem]

6. They are!

[njhoneybadger]

8. Not many "Karens" though.

[CentralMass]

9. nameist.