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By Melanie Arter | June 28, 2021 | 4:50pm EDT Gwendolyn Berry (L), third place, turns away from U.S. flag during the U.S. National Anthem as DeAnna Price (C), first place, and Brooke Andersen, second place, also stand on the podium after the Women's Hammer Throw final on day nine of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 26, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - U.S. hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned her back on the U.S. flag during the National Anthem while at the podium at the Olympi...

Another order's 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 don't need any more activist athletes. the entire point of the olympic team is to represent the united states of america. >> coming in third in the hammer throw, and some conservatives want her off the team. when s...

>> shannon: wilfred reilly for tonight's lightning round. great to have you back. let's talk about gwen berry. she said she was not happy about standing on the platform has the national anthem was playing which apparently they play at the same time every day. there was nothing done specifically with regard to her. she said "i was pissed to be honest. anthem doesn't speak for me. my mission is bigger than sports. i am here to represent those who died due to systemic racism." we live in a country that thankfully has all kinds of free speech protections. >> yeah. a couple things. first, congrats ...

Gwen Berry turns from flag as national anthem plays at Olympic trials By Eddie Pells article USA's Gwen Berry prepartes to compete in the Women's Hammer Throw heats at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDR Expand EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - For the past week, they've played the national anthem one time a night at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. On Saturday, the song happened to start while outspoken activist Gwen Berry was standing on the podium after re...

Hammer throw. i don't know if she was bitter. she actually took a lot of positive attention away from the other two americans who placed first and second and destroyed all the chemistry that they had in the track and field female locker room in my opinion. how do you see it? >> yeah. i agree jesse. i don't think it's too much when athletes are competing to wear the stars and it stripes, to compete under the stars and stripes in the olympics for them to simply honor that flag and our anthem on the medal stand. ms. berry is so embarrassed by america, then there is no reason she needs to compete ...