Outsports Female Hero of the Year: Raven Saunders
Raven Saunders has been courageously herself while winning an Olympic silver medal and elevating others.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 27, 2021Raven Saunders has been courageously herself while winning an Olympic silver medal and elevating others.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 27, 2021The bold Olympic silver medalist talks about her X on the podium, her died hair and her struggles with mental health.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 30, 2021The Ugandan middle distance runner hopes that World Athletics will take a leaf out of the newly released Olympic inclusion playbook.
By Shelby Weldon | November 19, 2021Wyatt Warnick came out publicly just days after being hired at Sacred Heart, a Catholic school.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 28, 2021‘I think the biggest lesson I learned as a queer athlete was to never be ashamed of who you are and where you come from,’ Devan Kirk writes.
By Devan Kirk | October 26, 2021Semenya and others want answers as World Athletics scrambles to explain a false report that led to Olympic bans.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 19, 2021Ramsey Angela was the anchor leg for the Dutch men’s 4x400-meter team.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 7, 2021Her rainbow-dyed hair in the 1500-meter was the perfect answer to the Olympic ban on speech and demonstrations.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 6, 2021Blocked from her best event by the “Caster Semenya Rule,” 18-year-old Mboma is now Namibia’s first-ever female Olympic medalist.
By Karleigh Webb | August 3, 2021Out Venezuelan champion Yulimar Rojas saved the best for last as she leaped to a gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
By Karleigh Webb | August 1, 2021Niyonsaba was first barred from the 800 for natural testosterone. They found a way to remove her from the 5000-meter too.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 31, 2021In her latest brilliant hair and face mask combination, the US shot putter channels her inner Batman arch nemesis while advancing to the Olympic finals.
By Ken Schultz | July 30, 2021Embracing change while staying consistent could lead this middle distance contender to precious metal in Tokyo.
By Karleigh Webb | July 20, 2021Raven Saunders will contend for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics as an out and proud athlete.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 19, 2021Two years ago her rainbow shoes made an international statement. In Tokyo she wants her times, jumps and throws to do the talking.
By Karleigh Webb | July 15, 2021The regulation on naturally occurring testosterone removes two phenoms from the 400-meter, draws a nation’s ire and sparks questions about fairness.
By Karleigh Webb | July 9, 2021Dutee Chand, the 2019 World University Games 100-meter champ, brings her fighting spirit and improving times to Tokyo.
By Karleigh Webb | July 5, 2021Richardson could now miss the Olympics.
By Ken Schultz | June 28, 2021Telfer was removed from qualification for the US Olympic Trials.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 17, 2021Jaide Hinds-Clarke and Amiaya Carey are both marrying their best friend: each other.
By Alex Reimer | June 17, 2021