Simone Biles is the G.O.A.T
Simone Biles became the most decorated olympian of ALL time this week with 25 total medals. Her performance in the gym has been nothing short of incredible lately as not one but TWO of her new skills are being named after here. The skills are now dubbed as "BILES" and "BILES II". While everything she is doing inside the gym is record shattering, so is how she is embracing her new tittles.
Simone is inspiring women everywhere to own their confidence. She said, " It’s important to teach our female youth that it’s OK to say, ‘Yes, I am good at this,’ and you don’t hold back.” She goes on to say that right now only men are embraced for their cockiness, but even-though she has won five world championship tittles if she were to say she was the best she is looked down upon. This is total double standard as the facts are on paper, she has won 25 total medals and is THE GOAT. Why should women not be able to embrace their power and confidence but men can? Keep on inspiring in and out of the gym simone! We are here for it!
Carli Lloyd Frustrated with World Cup Role
Carli Lloyd scored 4 goals in 16 minutes in the 2015 FIFA World Cup final. She is a flat out BEAST on the field and a leader many aspire to be in the locker room. However, her 2019 World Cup appearance was quite a different narrative than how we last saw her on the field. Despite Lloyd having great appearances leading up to the World Cup she was a sub throughout the duration of the tournament.
This past week she caught with Julie Foudy on ESPNs "LAUGHTER PERMITTED" podcast where she expressed that "[She] deserved to be on that field that whole World Cup, but [she] wasn't. And [she] thinks [she] grown as a person, as a player. It sucked. It absolutely sucked." She went on to say that her experience with the National team the last few years have been the worst time in her life and have effect her relationship with just about everyone around her including her husband.
The real drama to this story happen AFTER the podcast aired. Many people criticized Lloyd for expressing her dismay with playing time and her confidence that she deserved to play over others. However, if you truly listened to the podcast Lloyd handled the questions with grace and like a true leader. She praises the team for winning and is grateful they won, but she feels like she deserved to play, why shouldn't she be able to express that? If she were a man to express that she would be met with praise and high regard. People should take the time to truly see and hear women athletes!
We're coo-coo for Coco Gauff!
Coco Gauff, is taking the tennis world by storm! Not only has she had a standout season but she won her first ever singles tittle at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. Gauff is fifteen years old which makes her the youngest player to win a tittle since 2004 when Nicole Vaidisova won two WTA titles. Gauff was quoted as saying she will remember this moment for the rest of her life.
Winning this tittle ensures that she will be ranked in the top 100 players and invited to the Australian Open in January. Since the Williams sisters a player has not captivated an audience like the way Gauff does. At just 15 years old we are excited to see what she does next. Congrats Coco!
Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei Destroys Marathon Record
Last weekend there were many outstanding performances to celebrate in running like Eliud Kipchge's sub two hour marathon. However, the story often missed was Kenya's Brigid Kosgei set a new world record for women. Previously, the women's record had stood for over sixteen years at 2:15:25 set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe. However, Kosgei ran the Chicago marathon in 2:14:04 which was not only a personal best by over four minutes but also now makes her the record holder for fastest marathon time by a woman.
She broke a world record that had stood for 16 years and yet there was still minimal media coverage of her tremendous feat. She was able to do something that very few would have deemed possible. We not only celebrate Kosgei but also encourage female athletes in the sport to continue shattering records that men have deemed not possible for women. We look forward to the sub 2:10:00 runner ! LETS GO LADIES!!
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