Topic: Anita Defrantz

IOC urges countries to open up to women

AFP Global Edition - 218 days ago
A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) figure asked Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar to reconsider their policy of never having sent a woman to an Olympic Games at their session here on Friday."We hope that these three countries will send women ...

Ten years later, US gymnasts get their medals

AP News - 549 days ago
Decade after the fact, US gymnasts receive medals that once belonged to ChinaThe bronze medals are beautiful. Clearly, though, they don't make all the memories go away.Ten years after finishing fourth at the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. women's ...