#women in sport

[cypher2]

[lealu]

everyone should just stop hating on max verstappen for a second just to listen to what he actually has to say

[wtfjd95]

If anyone has a good quality pic of Rhea Ripley during her entrance at the end last night's Monday Night Raw please let me know. I am kinda obsessed with how her hair is growing out more now.

Please and thank you 🫶🫶

[womeninfictionandirl]

Althea Gibson by Allison Adams

Althea Gibson (1927 – 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer. She became the first black athlete to break through the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Gram Slam title. The following year, she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, and won both again the following year. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including six doubles titles, In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women’s professional golf tour.

At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society, it was enormously difficult to play in professional sports if you were black, let alone a woman, but she made history by competing not only in tennis but in the golf circuit as well. “I am honored to have followed in such great footsteps,” wrote Venus Williams, “Her accomplishments set the stage for my success, and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come, her legacy will live on.”

[zestingbloodorange]

Linda Caicedo nominated for the Ballon D'or and played three world cups whilst being just eighteen years old she's already a goat.

[kriegerscorner]

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From MSG networks ”Women of the W”. Full discussion on MSG+

[stillarandom-radfem]

[canadianabroadvery]

[arconinternet]

Women in Sports: Rodeo (Book, Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, 1978)

You can digitally borrow it here.

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

“I was born into a family of athletes. Encouraged by my parents and siblings, I competed in sports from a young age, and I followed in my sister’s footsteps, climbing the ranks to become an elite cyclocross racer. Over the past few years, I have had to race directly with male cyclists in women’s events. As this has become more of a reality, it has become increasingly discouraging to train as hard as I do only to have to lose to a man with the unfair advantage of an androgenized body that intrinsically gives him an obvious advantage over me, no matter how hard I train.

I have decided to end my cycling career. At my last race at the recent UCI Cyclocross National Championships in the elite women’s category in December 2022, I came in 4th place, flanked on either side by male riders awarded 3rd and 5th places. My sister and family sobbed as they watched a man finish in front of me, having witnessed several physical interactions with him throughout the race.

Additionally, it is difficult for me to think about the very real possibility I was overlooked for an international selection on the US team at Cyclocross Worlds in February 2023 because of a male competitor.

Moving forward, I feel for young girls learning to compete and who are growing up in a day when they no longer have a fair chance at being the new record holders and champions in cycling because men want to compete in our division. I have felt deeply angered, disappointed, overlooked, and humiliated that the rule makers of women’s sports do not feel it is necessary to protect women’s sports to ensure fair competition for women anymore.”

— Hannah Arensman

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[womeninfictionandirl]

Serena Williams by Sam Brannan

[zestingbloodorange]

say whatever you want to say about sophia but don't act like she's not a good driver.she did well this season in a cardboard box. first points after starting from p24 and after her first points from before got disqualified cause of her front wing.soild comeback and she has the potential to do more.

[f1tfballetc]

Through THICK & THIN, f1tfballetc pays tribute to the women who excel in any sports.

There are many sportswomen to mention, but here are some notable ones.

[samkerrworshipper]

words cannot explain how proud i was watching Leah at the UN today. so well spoken and so inspirational, i know this injury has been so hard for her but you can see how much she’s changed in her recovery, how her whole perspective on everything has changed. such a inspiration to any young girls wanting more for the future.

[studentofthesport]