3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics (www.npr.org)
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 2024 00:39 next collapse

When I was a kid in the 1980s, women’s gymnastics was totally dominated by white people, so this is really awesome to see.

jeffw@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 2024 01:22 collapse

When I was a kid in the 1990s, women’s gymnastics was totally dominated by white people

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 06 Aug 2024 15:01 collapse

China was repping Asia hard even then but still, yeah. It seems a sport where economics and equal opportunities are extremely large factors.

helenslunch@feddit.nl on 06 Aug 2024 03:58 next collapse

And it waaaaas?

moistclump@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 2024 05:48 collapse

They’re the first three Black gymnasts to share the top three spots in an Olympics — a feat that also occurred at last year’s world championships, when Biles and Andrade shared the podium with Shilese Jones in the individual all-around.

Neat! Love it.