Mary Sanchez: Olympics 2020 is giving female athletes respect they long deserved
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Aug 08, 2021
3 minutes
“Flo-Jo” won’t get out of my head.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the trials that led up to it, have been a ritual of replayed taped events, and the occasional, live event watched at sleep-deprivation hours.
Each female athlete’s performance, their achievements on the track and in life, has me mesmerized.
Elaine Thompson-Herah’s Olympic record in the 100 m, along with the triumphant medal sweep of her Jamaican teammates.
Allyson Felix, one of six mothers on the U.S. Olympic track and field team, deftly proving that motherhood definitely does
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