Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Protests National Anthem At US Olympic Trials

The Mix ^ | 6/28/2021 | Erin Perri

[MJacks4]

Gwen Berry, an American who qualified for this summer’s Olympics, turned away from the American flag when the National Anthem played. She even claimed she was “set up” by being on the podium when the Star Spangled Banner began.

Berry placed third in the hammer throw at the US Olympic trials. She will be heading to Tokyo to represent the very country she is protesting.

She has a history of disrespect during the National Anthem and it appears she will be taking that same approach to Tokyo.

[HamiltonJay]

Who cares....

Don’t want to represent your country, don’t go out for the Olympics...

Idiots...

[bgill]

Go find a another country to compete for.

[glimmerman70]

Move. Go somewhere else. You wanna live here and bitch about it.

[alstewartfan]

Pure racist, Communist trash.

[SES1066]

Replay of 1968 in Mexico City? Remember Tommie Smith 1st] and John Carlos [3rd] for the 200 meters track podium?

[Grampa Dave]

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tweeted: “There are 195 countries in the world. 194 of them don’t have the American flag. If @macygray or anyone else hates the American flag so badly, they should pick a flag they like & go live in the country that flies it!”

[brownsfan]

Hammer head Gwen Berry. Strong as an ox, dumb as a post.

[dfwgator]

Remember Tommie Smith 1st] and John Carlos [3rd] for the 200 meters track podium?

I choose to remember George Foreman from 1968....

George was later quoted saying, "If I had to do it again, I would have brought two flags."

[jz638]

To her credit, this is the most media coverage of the women’s US hammer throwing Olympic tryouts that I can remember, and the third place finisher is the only athlete who got named. There’s no telling how this is going to affect her chances of getting on the pro hammer tossing circuit though.

[Walmartian]

"The last time I saw a mouth like that it had a fish hook in it."

-R.D.

[Covenantor]

...pro hammer tossing circuit....

Is there really such a thing? Who knew....

[xp38]

Well given that no one has ever heard of it it’s not that pro. :)

[Covenantor]

Yeah, guess you’re right otherwise we would have been treated to endless videos of that Rapinoe thing bitching and moaning about pay inequity.
;>)

[MercyFlush]

It should be banned from the US team...and tested for steroids, too.

[ETL]

My ex-wife should have entered this event.

She once threw a hammer at me from clear across the yard and nearly hit me in the head!

[chuckee]

Send her home and ban her from representing the US in all future olympics

[MJacks4]

That’s funny!

[ETL]

August 2019...

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June 2021...

[Antoninus]

Interest level in the Olympics was already zero. Can’t go lower.