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If your favorite thing in life is watching the Olympics, boy, are you in your element. The 2021 Olympics (you know, the ones that should've happened in 2020, before the world went [even more] to hell) wrapped up a couple weeks ago as I write
A trans athlete is an Olympic champion. Canada's thrilling victory over Sweden for soccer gold came down to penalties, with Canada's Julia Grosso making the winning kick. With that kick, Quinn, the Canadian midfielder, became the first publicly out trans and nonbinary Olympic medalist. The
When the Canadian Women's National Team defeated their American counterparts 1-0 to advance to the gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics, they secured more than a historic birth in the final for Canada. It was also a moment to celebrate for trans and nonbinary
After one year of postponement, the Tokyo Olympics went on as planned. Back in June, NHK reported that 10,000 volunteers had quit [https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/thousands-tokyo-olympics-volunteers-quit-nhk-2021-06-02/] ahead of the Games. This week, coronavirus cases in Tokyo are surging, with record-breaking daily
Sarah Davies does not mince her words. The 28-year-old European Championship silver medalist, who stands on the verge of qualifying for the Olympics, is as direct in conversation as she is in competition. It's a quality forged from fighting on two very different fronts. Davies,
It's impossible to overstate how impressive the US women's water polo team has been for the better part of the last decade. Team USA has two straight Olympic gold medals, and ever since the 2016 Rio Games they've won three straight world championships, and are