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U.S. center Lusia Harris finishes a basket in a game against Bulgaria during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Remembering legend Lusia Harris, the only woman to be officially drafted by the NBA

Jan 19, 2022
Harris scored the first points in Olympic women's basketball history and was the first Black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, among other accolades. She turned the NBA down in 1977.
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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics
Allyson Felix and Quanera Hayes celebrate with their children after placing second and first respectively in the women's 400-meter final at U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in June in Eugene, Ore.

Both U.S. Women Competing In The Olympic 400-Meter Final Are Moms

Aug 06, 2021
Allyson Felix and Quanera Hayes have spoken out about the joys of motherhood and the obstacles that female athletes face that men don't.
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Shots - Health News
Annie Kunz in the women's heptathlon 100-meter hurdles during the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., in June. Building her training regimen around recent findings from sex-specific sports medicine research has made a difference in her performance, says Kunz

Sports Science Is Changing How Female Olympians Train. It Could Help You, Too

Aug 03, 2021
U.S. Olympic heptathlete Annie Kunz says tracking her monthly cycles and learning she needs to eat more and get more naps when she's fatigued has already improved her athletic performance.
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Goats and Soda
Field hockey star Sarita Bhise (right) with her mother (far left) and maternal aunt, cleaning onions they've harvested on the family farm.

Why A Field Hockey Champ In India Is Now Harvesting Onions And Herding Goats

Dec 31, 2020
Young female athletes benefited from an increase in government support in recent years. The pandemic has put an end to that.
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Sports
Caster Semenya has won a temporary block against regulations that would require her to lower her testosterone levels artificially before being allowed to compete in some races.

Caster Semenya Hopes to 'Run Free' Again After Swiss Supreme Court Offers A Reprieve

Jun 03, 2019
"I hope that following my appeal I will once again be able to run free," the Olympic champion athlete said Monday.
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Sports
Jaslynn Gallegos settles into her wrestling stance.

Instead Of Wrestling A Girl, High Schooler Chooses To Forfeit State Wrestling Match

Mar 10, 2019
Brendan Johnston refused to compete against Jaslynn Gallegos because of her gender. Gallegos went on to place fifth but is frustrated to be treated differently as an athlete because she's a girl.
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The Torch
Caldwell competes in the women's World Cup freestyle skiing aerials in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Jan. 19. "I always wanted to be like the boys for a long time," she says, "and now I like it when my coaches treat me like <em>me</em>."

Aerials Skier Ashley Caldwell's 'Bold Move': A Quadruple-Twisting Triple Flip

Feb 13, 2018
"Why are these people so crazy?" Caldwell wondered when she first watched aerials skiing at age 12. Now she's the women's world champion, spinning and somersaulting some 60 feet high in the air.
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The Two-Way
Emily Nash, shown on Aug. 8 after <a href="http://www.mgalinks.org/about-us/news/2017/news_2017_080317b.html">winning</a> the Massachusetts Golf Association's WGAM Junior Amateur Championship. This month, in an unrelated high school tournament, Nash was

Winner Of High School Golf Tournament Denied Trophy, Because She's A Girl

Oct 26, 2017
Emily Nash was allowed to compete in a Massachusetts boys golf tournament, as part of her team. But she couldn't win individual prizes — despite a four-stroke victory over the next-best player.
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Shots - Health News

Female Athletes Are Closing The Gender Gap When It Comes To Concussions

Jul 24, 2017
Gina "Danger" Mazany is a professional mixed martial arts athlete, and she's helping researchers learn more about head injuries and the female brain.
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