Karma has been awesome this week. First, it was the US Women’s National Soccer team failing to win the gold or silver medal at the Olympics, and making purple head Megan Rapinoe cry. Then today, it was revealed New York’s AG has found that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women, and there are calls to impeach him (though I doubt it will ever happen). Now, anti-American and “oppressed” Gwen Berry, failing to medal, just as I predicted the other day in Tokyo. Now she can go back home, oppressed with no medals. Out of twelve finished, crappy Berry finished 11th. What a loser..
U.S. hammer thrower Gwen Berry failed to medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday after promising to protest and “represent the opposed” if she were to make it to the podium.
Berry finished in eleventh place out of twelve competitors, registering a distance of 71.35 meters in the hammer throw, according to the New York Post.
The athlete made headlines during the Olympic trials in June. While on stage receiving her medal, Berry turned her back to the flag and held up a t-shirt that read “Activist Athlete” when the anthem started playing.
Days before her showing at the trials, Berry told The Washington Post that representing America has been an issue for her since the country allegedly works to disenfranchise black Americans.
“For me, it’s always been something that’s been underlyingly uncomfortable, knowing that I’m rocking this big ‘USA’ across my chest when everything about America is to demean and to keep Black people at the bottom of the totem pole,” she said. “It has always, always, always been something I have been very uncomfortable with. I’m glad I’m able to say that without being punished or without being misunderstood.”