Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry, who sparked outrage by turning her back on the national anthem on the podium on Sunday, is being sponsored by an activist group which campaigns to defund the police. Berry, 31, turned her back on Sunday when the national anthem was being played after her Olympic qualifier. She said she was tricked into being there at that moment, and was enraged and confused, insisting the anthem did not represent her - but she still loves the United States.