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Helene 'Leni' Riefenstahl died 21 years ago at age 101, after spending more than half her life trying to shed aspects of a questionable legacy.
Hamida Banu received worldwide recognition for her win in a wrestling match on May 4, 1954, which lasted only 1 minute and 34 seconds. She defeated the famous wrestler Baba Pahalwan. Following the loss, he retired from professional wrestling.
The founder of the modern Games thought they should honor both body and mind. But the tradition died years ago, and the winning artworks are largely forgotten.
A teenage girl in Utah has had to seek police protection after a member of the Utah State Board of Education suggested that she could be transgender (she is not), a reality that is the product of growing trans panic in this country, particularly when it comes to girls’ and women’s sports teams, writes Frankie de la Cretaz.
Kelley Dolphus Stroud's courageous attempt to reach the 1928 Olympics is being uncovered 96 years later.