Guo Jingjing - China - Diving
[Photos from Yahoo]
Nastia Liukin & Shawn Johnson - USA - Artistic Gymnastics
[Photos from Yahoo]
Samia Yusuf Omar - Somalia - Track & Field[Samia was one of two athletes and the only woman to represent Somalia in the Olympics. Photo and story on Yahoo.]
Evgeniya Kanaeva - Russia - Rhythmic Gymnastics[Image from Getty Images via Jezebel]
Natalie Du Toit - South Africa - 10k Open Water Swim
[photo from Yahoo]
Aleksandra Fedoriva of Russia and Roqaya al-Gassra of Bahrain - Track & Field [More on Roqaya al-Gassra and the growing numbers of women in the Olympics from the Wall Street Journal]
Debbie Phelps, mother of 8-time Beijing gold medalist Michael Phelps[Photo from the Baltimore Sun]
Team USA - Basketball[The American women have won four straight basketball gold medals. Photo from Yahoo.]
Constantina Tomescu-Dita - Romania - Marathon
[Tomescu-Dita won the gold medal in the marathon. She also happens to be a 38 year old mother. Photo from the L.A. Times.]
Elena Isinbaeva - Russia - Pole Vault[Photo from China Daily]
Susann Steiner, wife of gold medal winning weightlifter Matthias Steiner of Germany. Susann died in a car accident last year, and Matthias said "I won this for her". [Image and story from Fox Sports]
Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor - USA - Beach Volleyball[Photo from Yahoo]
Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen - Synchronized Swimmers (and twin sisters) from China
[Photos from Yahoo]
Team USA - Women's Eight Rowing[Photo from AP via Yahoo]
Team Germany - Equestrian (Dressage)[Photo from Reuters via Yahoo]
Team Japan, Team USA, and Team Australia - medalists in softball's last appearance as an Olympic sport until at least 2016[Photo from Reuters via Yahoo]
This space reserved for the first woman to represent Saudi Arabia in the Olympics.
2 comments:
So much respect for all of these women....thank you for doing this tribute!
That was very moving, just to see those pics all together.
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