Because of worldwide television coverage throughout the 1960 Olympics, Rudolph gained international recognition and became an iconic figure for Black and female athletes. During the peak of the ...

let black women be silly and have fun" Thomas reacting during the Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 14 - (Source: Getty) Gabby Thomas began competing on the track at an early age. Balancing a medical ...

Black women athletes continue to have an incredible impact in sports. Yet, they are treated far differently than their white ...

Danenberg made history in 2006 as the first Black woman to reach the summit of Everest, pushing past extreme conditions, ...

Dominique Dawes, the Maryland native who became the first Black American gymnast to win an individual medal in the Olympics, ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th ...

Of the nine medals given out in the last three Olympic women’s events in 2014, 2018 and 2022, Russia won five — all by different Russian women — including all three golds. This is the same ...

World Athletics has announced that it will begin genetic testing for all female track and field athletes ... The new policy could have an impact on Olympic athletes in the near future.