Posted on 08/03/2021 8:16:50 AM PDT by KevinB
Gwen Berry failed to medal during the women’s hammer throw finals on Tuesday. Berry finished in eleventh place out of twelve competitors, registering a distance of 71.35 meters.
The 32-year-old caused a stir during the medal ceremony at the Olympic trials in June. After winning a bronze medal during the event, Berry faced the stands rather than the American flag, holding up a shirt that read “Activist Athlete.”
Afterward, Berry said she was “pissed” that “The Star-Spangled Banner” played during the celebration.
“If you know your history, you know the full song of the national anthem,” Berry said on Black News Channel. “The third paragraph speaks to slaves in America — our blood being slain … all over the floor.”
In July, before the Olympics commenced, Berry pledged to “represent the oppressed people” should she win a medal in Tokyo, adding, “that’s been my message for the last three years.”
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F*** this woke c***.
She spent more time to planning what her protest was going to be rather than actually concentrate on her sport.
If it wasn’t for the fully edited and censored 12-hour delay on all olympic content, we’d have seen a ‘Trump Won’ sign by now !!!
If I had a hammer..................
She can represent all the Losers in Loserville.
Poland got Gold and Bronze.
Her 11th placing was due to oppression.
Yay!! 🤗🤗🎇🎆
Now go home, ingrate.
And Bruce’s Kid flamed out too. Guess Daddy couldn’t buy her a Gold Medal.
One more chuckle to go with my morning coffee. Thanks for posting!
I could have sworn I heard people crying over this. It was FReepers who heard she failed. /S
Now my cup really doth run over. Didn’t think I’d enjoy this Olympics so much and I’m not even watching it.
Well, daggone it! I was really looking forward to seeing her act all indignant at being forced to represent her oppressive country once more.
great song
Now maybe she’ll just slink into obscurity and stfu.
Less activism, more training. I told my wife that when the women’s soccer team lost. She was not amused. I was.
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