Black women athletes are still being scrutinized ahead of the Olympics despite their successes
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As the world’s top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto how Black women in sports are treated.
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In the first post-Trump Olympics, US athletes will not stay silent
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Black Women Olympians Showed Us What It Means to Be Excellent—and
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Artists look at the struggle of the black female athlete — Andscape
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8) Italy wins gold in lightweight women's double rowing
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7) USA's Bobby Finke wins gold in men's 800-meter freestyle
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