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Sunisa Lee competes on the uneven bars for the women's gymnastics all-around at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Tom Weller/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Suni Lee's signature move

Fencer Alen Hadzic of the U.S. looks on at the Peter Bakonyi Men's Epee World Cup at the Richmond Olympic Oval in 2020. (Devin Manky/Getty Images)

Fencer accused of assault controversy

Women's Team USA gymnastics: Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum after a training session ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. (Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Meet the Team USA gymnasts

Cleveland Indians president of business operations Brian Barren talks to members of the media during a press conference announcing the name change from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

RW mad at Cleveland Indians' name change

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Jagger Eaton of Team United States practices on the skateboard street course ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 21, 2021 (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

8 ways these Olympics are different

Naomi Osaka at the 2021 French Open Tennis Tournament and Brianna McNeal in the Women 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials (Photo illustration by Salon/Tim Clayton/Corbis/Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Toll of policing Black women athletes

Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2021 (Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

Why do Wimbledon players wear all white?

Mental Floss - Mental Floss

Sha'carri Richardson and Florence Griffith Joyner (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Misogynoir on display at the Olympics

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Amaree McKenstry in "Audible" (Netflix)

Being seen & heard in sports doc Audible

Gwendolyn Berry displays an Activist Athlete shirt as she celebrates finishing third in the Women's Hammer Throw final on day nine of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 26, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Right wants to cancel U.S. Olympians

Zachary Petrizzo

Simone Biles waves to the crowd as she exits following the Women's competition of the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America’s Center on June 27, 2021 in St Louis, Missouri. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Biles' long history of making history

A view of a USA Swimming flag (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Inside swimming's sex abuse scandal

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Track star Andraya Yearwood, wrestler Mack Beggs, and Nordic skier Sarah Rose Huckman in "Changing the Game" (Hulu)

Young trans athletes "Changing the Game"

Japanese flag with Olympic Rings above the entrance to Japan Olympic Museum in Shinjuku. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were moved to be held between 7.23 - 8.8, 2021. (Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Anger in Tokyo over the Summer Olympics

Mark Wilson - The Conversation

Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania in the first round of the Women's Singles competition on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the 2021 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on May 30th 2021 in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Naomi Osaka boldly rejects exploitation

Simone Biles warms up on the beam prior to the 2021 GK U.S. Classic gymnastics competition at the Indiana Convention Center on May 22, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Simone Biles punished for greatness

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Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Strange saga of Michael Henry continues

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on marijuana (Photo by Lisa Lake/Stringer/Getty Images)

NFL accused of "systematic racism"

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams

Shaddow of USA swimmer stretching next to the Olympic Rings before entering the pool for practice. (Photo illustration by Salon/Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

Olympic abuse watchdog fails upward

Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland punches Zhang Weili of China in their UFC strawweight championship fight (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Exploitation & gender inequality in UFC

Jennifer McClearen - The Conversation

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Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The failing fight against trans students

The dark side of Olympic swimming (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Abuse in swimming: the tragic human cost

Lewis Hamilton and Mohammed bin Salman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can racing star send message to MBS?

Danaka Katovich, Ariel Gold

Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency | USA Swimming flags at a meet (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Anti-drug boss covered up swim scandals

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