Black women athletes are getting ready to showcase their talents in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and show off their hair as a means of self-expression and cultural heritage. Embracing their ...

Track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson earned her first two Olympic gold medals. Team USA won bronze in women's 3x3 ...

Ms Neil said she was "a pioneer" and had "paved the way" for future black female Olympic athletes. Anita Neil competed at two Olympics - in 1968 and 1972 - and won European and Commonwealth medals ...

Yet even Olympic gold couldn’t guarantee equal ... Even in the telling of Shields’ story, the pressure to make Black women athletes more palatable for mainstream audiences persists.

The International Olympics Committee (IOC) defended Khelif and Yu-ting’s inclusion in the women’s events until the very end. “These two athletes were the victims of a sudden and arbitrary ...