The ROC and USA teams took gold and silver. Some teams would be cowed by the possibility but they instead put up a sublime rotation on uneven bars with three excellent routines from Jessica Gadirova, Kinsella and Morgan, outscoring their qualifying routines by over a point. Then we smashed bars and we did it.”Īfter trailing for much of the competition, Britain moved up into contention with a strong vault rotation anchored by the Gadirova twins, who possess two of the best double twisting Yurchenko vaults in the world, rising to within touching distance of third place as they moved to the uneven bars. “We really look forward to these big events where we can compete at the highest level of our sport and hopefully add to the incredible legacy of the US Women’s National Team.Kinsella said: “With beam we had one fall and we put that behind us, we smashed beam and went to floor and smashed floor and vault, that’s when we knew we could do this. “It’s so exciting to share this journey with my teammates and closest friends,” she says. “And in addition to access to more resources (financial and support services), we need to make sure that our voices are not only heard but valued in a way that allows for real growth.”Īs she prepares to head to the Tokyo Olympics this summer, Morgan hopes that the long-awaited Games will mark even further strides for women in sports, and she’s determined as ever to bring home gold. ![]() “Ownership is an important next step, and we will not see real significant change until women have more ownership in sports teams and properties,” she notes. The soccer star knows that there’s been important progress made for women in athletes in recent years (in large part thanks to her and her teammates), but she believes there’s still a long way to go. Women's Soccer Team is expected to be the team to. “I want this to live on much further and be bigger than my athletic career could ever be, and I truly see that for TOGETHXR,” Morgan adds.įollowing their 2019 World Cup victory, the U.S. The brand tells such stories daily on its various channels, but it also has several long-form video and audio projects in development, including a podcast series about the 1996 Olympic Games. TOGETHXR is ushering in a new era for these athletes by focusing on stories where representation and gender equality are both expected and required and by using sports as a prism to reflect the broader culture that surrounds it. “We want to change the fact that even though women make up 44% of all participants in sports, they receive only 4% of sports media coverage.” “We want to provide women with the community and platform that we didn't have and tell the untold stories of female athletes,” she says of the company’s mission. Growing up, Morgan and her cofounders didn’t have posters of female athletes on their walls-and it wasn’t because they weren’t sports fanatics. “There’s such a hole in the media coverage of women’s sports as well as a huge pay gap, so when I saw other media companies being created, I realized how much of a blank space needed to be filled with empowering stories around female athletes.” Tired of waiting for someone else to do something about it, the soccer player decided to team up with fellow athletes Sue Bird, Simone Manuel, and Chloe Kim to launch TOGETHXR, a sports and lifestyle media company exclusively for women. ![]() ![]() “I think a lot about legacy-not just in sport but in what I can help build for future generations of girls and women,” Morgan explains. She’s become an undeniable icon in the the ongoing fight for equal pay and has empowered millions of women and girls around the globe, but for the World Cup champion, that wasn’t enough. Soccer and played an integral role in the 2019 suit brought on by the entire team against the federation. Helping others, particularly women, find success and confidence has been an obvious priority for Morgan, who was one of five players to file an official complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016 alleging gender discrimination by U.S.
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