Women We Love: Claressa Shields
Claressa Shields won her second consecutive Gold Medal in Women's Boxing at the Rio Olympics. She is the first American woman to do so. She has a record of 77 Wins and 1 Loss. While on the podium she brought along her Gold Medal from 2012 because she did not feel she received the respect ... read more >
Women We Love: Novlene Williams-Mills
Novlene Williams-Mills is a survivor. She is a 3x Olympic Bronze medalist and she helped the Jamaican Track Team win Silver in Rio but she is a Survivor. According to an article in the Jamaican Observer in 2012, she won the 400m at Jamaica’s national trials in 50.60 seconds within days of being diagnosed with ... read more >
Women We Love: Abbey D’Agostino and Nikki Hamblin
Some say that sports do not make people's character. It reveals it. Abbey D'Agostino and Nikki Hamblin had never met before the Olympics but their names are forever linked in Olympic History. While running the first round heat of the 5000M D'Agostino fell on the eighth lap of the race. Hamblin fell in front of ... read more >
Women We Love: Tori Bowie
Tori Bowie has been a joy to watch this Olympics. This is her FIRST Olympic Games and she has won a medal in every event she entered. She is only the fifth American Woman to medal in the 100M, 200M, and 4x100M relay. 100M: Silver 200M: Bronze 4x100 Relay: Gold Setback to a Comeback ... read more >
Women We Love: Kimia Alizadeh
Women continue to shatter barriers in these Olympic Games Kimia Alizadeh became the FIRST Iranian Woman to win an Olympic Medal. She won a Bronze Medal in the 57kg division for Taekwondo The 18 year old athlete is SO excited to be the first to have won a medal for her country and she believes ... read more >
Women We Love: Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik won the first medal of the Rio Games for India by winning a Bronze medal in the 58kg division of Women's Wrestling. She is only the 4th Female Indian Athlete to Medal and she is the first Indian woman to win a medal in wrestling. Overcoming Stereotypes and Ridicule Wrestling runs in Sakshi Malik's ... read more >
