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PETALING JAYA: Former national hammer thrower Semret Singh has passed away at the age of 66.

Hammer thrower who once had to stay at a holiday inn where the continental breakfast waffle maker was broken. >> dana: do you think that -- she hasnt won. she is telegraphing if she wins a medal she will give the speech which gets her attention. a lot of other great athletes there that arent doing any of this and not turning their back on flag and standing for the anthem and representing us well. to me it feels like if she is representing the oppressed she has made herself quite isolated. >> i t...

I hope we never get there but i want to throw that out as some common sense. i dont want to get too crazy. so it looks like there will be another protest this week from the hammer thrower who protested after she made the olympic team. she said she will protest if she makes it to the podium. i will represent deal pressed people that has been my message for the last three years. im just focused on what i need to do. because all those people that hate me are not here so they cannot hurt me. but you...

The place of cultural relevance it did 20 years ago. i think what happened, i truly believe this. im a kid. im a tad older than you. rachel: youre not older than me. will: olympics was a great rivalry, the united states versus the soviet union. one of the few places we got to face off. i remember rooting for america to beat the soviet union in every single event. we dont main taken the rivalry. rachel: china won the first medal of the games, first go ahead medal. will: this is emerging rival. ra...

Half empty. nothing is perfect. how you look at it. we have brady ellison coming on our program at 9:25. olympian, headed to the world stage. he will be talking to us at 9:25. lawrence: cant wait for thain interview. rachel: caitlyn jenner was speaking to famous owe lippians. this is he had to say about our flag. she, im sorry. >> my father, my grandfather fought in world war i. my dad stormed the beaches of normandy, first boats on. 364 guys in his decision, 60 came back alive to fight for or f...

I was proud to put that flag up. but i have seen it go down when the hammer thrower disrespected our flag. and that bothers me. judge jeanine: lets talk about gwen berry. she hot it was all about her. she said they played the national even them when they knew she didnt like it. the united states was her ticket to those olympics. they were the trials. should she be allowed to go forward when she indicated she pretty much rejected the flag and "the national anthem"? >> thats a tough question. i li...

I was proud to put that flag up. but i have seen it go down when the hammer thrower disrespected our flag. and that bothers me. judge jeanine: lets talk about gwen berry. she hot it was all about her. she said they played the national even them when they knew she didnt like it. the united states was her ticket to those olympics. they were the trials. should she be allowed to go forward when she indicated she pretty much rejected the flag and "the national anthem"? >> thats a tough question. i li...

Pete that there was some confusion. >> a talked about earlier this morning on fox news. we didnt write about it or tal about it. when i watch the video i though was difficult to tell exactly what was going on. earlier today on fox news, this is, i think emblematic of the larger culture that has been created in the world of sports. we just had a hammer thrower effectively turn her back on th playing of the national anthem of adamant that she did so. we had the us womens soccer team regular making...

And i just think that there arbitrary and capricious penlization of black athletes is arbitrary. >> and the swim caps, the caps for black hair were not allowed on the swim team. gwen berry, the hammer thrower, was disqualified -- im sorry, gwen berry, the hammer thrower, was criticized for protesting. so its really unfortunate. amaru ran as a congressional candidate in california. rerelaxed policies in california. im sorry, were going to head to surfside, florida, where officials are providing a...

Another orders list, and we will see if the court will take some for next term. >> pete, thank you very much. appreciate it. elsewhere on the show. the u.s. olympic trials that featured breakout stars and broken records and one athlete is now getting attention mostly from conservatives, not for her performance on the field. >> i want to request you about the hammer thrower. >> we dont need any more activist athletes. the entire point of the olympic team is to represent the united states of ame...