Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turns away from flag while anthem plays at trials: 'I feel like it was a setup'
"My purpose and my mission is bigger than sports,'' Berry said. "I'm here to represent those ... who died due to systemic racism. That's the important part. That's why I'm going. That's why I'm here today.''
"I don't need to do anything sport-wise,'' she said. "What I need to do is speak for my community, to represent my community and to help my community. Because that's more important than sports.''
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They should have kicked her off the team if her sole reason for going wasn't to try and win a medal and represent her country with class. I'd rather not win a medal then to have someone disrespect the country on the podium like she will inevitably do.
Hope Japan does everything possible to keep these woke athletes away from the podium. They should just not do a medal presentation with the athletes and just give it to them privately. They can just put the winning country flags on the podium.