In the first week of the Olympics, decorated US gymnast Simone Biles shocked the world and angered entitled white men both States-side
In the space of a month, she also became the second super athlete to withdraw from a high-profile competition to look after her mental health. Simone herself credited fellow super-athlete Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from the Grand Slam competitions leading up to the Olympics to protect her own mental health for inspiring her to “focus on my mental health.
Back in the sporting world, we also saw Namibian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi become the latest black women athletes ruled ineligible to compete in a race at the Tokyo Olympics due to naturally high testosterone levels. The irony of it all? While the Norwegian women’s beach handball team was recently fined for refusing to play in bikini bottoms during a game in the sport’s Euro 2021 tournament and opting for thigh-length shorts, defeating the reigning Olympics champion China, the Turkish women’s volleyball team were urged by a cleric to observe modesty in dress and behaviour who tweeted:
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