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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“represent the oppressed people”
No one in this country is “oppressed”. Well, perhaps white men seeking employment, but that’s about it.
I earned the right not to give a carp about Gwen Berry and her “people”!
Sad she is a millionaire in the country she hates.
Maybe she meant to say,obsessed?
She represents people who are obsessed with race.
The wokesters aren’t doing too well…maybe they will figure out than embracing and thriving on hate is not conducive to doing well in competition at the highest level…
LMAO, another great day! My friend Karma does an excellent job!
I seriously doubt that.
Shame that hammer of hers didn’t have boomerang qualities.
I’d love to see a chart on the correlation between wokeness and winning!
She is still a winner for swindling a round trip ticket to Tokyo and lodging at the Olympic Village.
-PJ
Was she signalling a NFL time out?
That is one ugly hammer!
UGLY LESBIAN A LOSER !!! she/he CREATED HER HELL!
So triggered by the anthem, could not compete.
LOL!!!! HOW TRUE !
They ought to give her a bag of flour, because that’s likely the only gold medal she will ever see. What a bumb ditch.
She’ll blame the backlash she got for acting out at the trials...in other words, RACISM!
She jus be a hammerchucker.
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