Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turns away from flag while anthem plays at Olympic trials

[jamil]

Gwen Berry Trending Following Olympic Trials Protest

By Monday morning, Berry was trending with more than 28,000 posts - far more than she might have gotten had she won the trials and not protested.

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She added that she felt it was disrespectful that the anthem was played given her past stance on the issue. This isn't the first time that Berry has made such a protest, and she was previously reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which even placed her on probation for a year, during which she was banned from any form of protest.

Again, what makes her think that she commands the ceremony? If she doesn't want to hear the national anthem, go do something where she can reasonably expect not to hear it. She has no business on that team representing the US. Go do your activism on your own time.

And I'm not even a fan of Olympics anyway. But damn, if you're going to compete on a team. Follow the ***damn team rules. That podium is not her personal platform for her activism.

 

[Denny347]

I care about this as much as I cared about the NFL taking a knee = NONE.

 

[actaeon277]

If she feels that there is so much wrong in this country. how has she gotten as far as she has?

Many people do NOT think things through.
She's one of those people (that doesn't think things through)

 

[Magyars]

Personally I feel there are many freedoms at play here:


She's free to be an athlete.
She's free to reach the "top".
She's free to turn her back on the flag.
We are free to support her or condemn her.
Her support people are free to support her or condemn her.
The powers that be are free to keep her or boot her.

We're also free to contact the USA Olympic committee, and stop watching the games

 

[Magyars]

I'd just like for the normal pastimes not to be filled with activists. Activism is evil.

What about activism in support of the second amendment?

 

[Ark]

Can't imagine a better way to show weakness on the world stage than to allow our own Olympic athletes to disrespect us.

 

[chocktaw2]

Berry turns from flag, felt anthem timing 'a setup'

After finishing third at trials and qualifying for her second Olympics, hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away from the flag while the anthem played before the start of Saturday's evening session. She found the timing to be no matter of coincidence.

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Our country, whom many died for, is going to hell in a handbasket.

 

[HoughMade]

It's a shame that DeAnna Price...who won the competition, has been overshadowed by this nonsense.

Ms. Price broke her own meet record then went on to set a new American record...and then broke that again becoming only the second woman to throw over 80 meters.

 

[BugI02]

She only got bronze so...

The other two look white, so there you have it ... it was racism that relegated her to the bronze

Timing/scoring/measuring distance/being ontime is just another way the man keeps a black athlete down

 

[BugI02]

Her only motivation was to get on the podium so she can get some “activist” cred. This wasn’t a spur of the moment thing. It was the plan all along. Pretty self serving if you ask me.

She wants some of that Kaepernick Ka$h

 

[DoggyDaddy]

She wants some of that Kaepernick Ka$h

She apparently already tried holding her breath until her lips turned blue.

 

[actaeon277]

7 earrings in one ear.
False eyelashes and painted on eyebrows.

Yup. Really oppressed.

 

[Colt556]

She apparently already tried holding her breath until her lips turned blue.

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Wonder who paid for all those earrings and fake eyelashes? If she feels so mistreated why doesn’t she go back to St. Louis, maybe she’ll get hammered there! Nobody is forcing her to compete in the Olympics so she is free to leave anytime she wishes. Maybe it’s too easy to play the race card when you end up in 3rd place.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

7 earrings in one ear.
False eyelashes and painted on eyebrows.

Yup. Really oppresses.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

7 earrings in one ear.
False eyelashes and painted on eyebrows.

Yup. Really oppressed.

Maybe she grew up so poor that she couldn't afford real eyebrows and lashes and had to make her own!

 

[HoughMade]

Maybe she grew up so poor that she couldn't afford real eyebrows and lashes and had to make her own!

There's probably more truth in this comment than you know.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

There's probably more truth in this comment than you know.

DoggyMama tried the fake eyelashes once. I, being the sensitive person that I am, just kind of nodded in feigned approval at first. Now keep in mind that she's a natural redhead and there isn't a single jet black hair on her anywhere. When she asked me to be honest, I told her that it kind of looked like there were a couple of wooly worms crawling across her eyelids. She took them off shortly afterward.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

This is what a real "athlete activist" looks like. She overcame REAL barriers. Not just race, but also polio, to succeed as an Olympic athlete. She is worthy of admiration. This blue-lipped chick isn't. Neither is Kaepernick. Just saw a story about her on WTHR.

Wilma Rudolph - Wikipedia

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[KG1]

Gwen Berry Trending Following Olympic Trials Protest

By Monday morning, Berry was trending with more than 28,000 posts - far more than she might have gotten had she won the trials and not protested.

www.forbes.com

Again, what makes her think that she commands the ceremony? If she doesn't want to hear the national anthem, go do something where she can reasonably expect not to hear it. She has no business on that team representing the US. Go do your activism on your own time.

And I'm not even a fan of Olympics anyway. But damn, if you're going to compete on a team. Follow the ***damn team rules. That podium is not her personal platform for her activism.

Exactly. She knew the anthem would be played so why did'nt she chose not to compete? She talks about being disrespected. Howbout the selfish disrespect she showed toward the other participants so she could grab the spotlight?