REPRESENTATION MATTERS

lackwhen:

blackpoeticinjustice:

my-placard:

unbalanced

this made me cry

Anytime I think about the olympics i see this in my mind.

Knowing that these facilities drove thousands of natives from their homes and will just be abandoned and forgotten after the games…kinda makes these wins a little bittersweet

micdotcom:

when you break a world record, but a man comes in second (x)

bellaxiao:

Black female athletes who keep making US history.

oliviergiroudd:

Olympics: The best photos from Day 10 of the Rio 2016 games

dealanexmachina:

dafbecka:

Katie Ledecky ladies and gentlemen

She was halfway to the finish line before the rest of the swimmers were still headed for their last turn. Ledecky finished a whopping 11.5 seconds before the silver medalist, finished only 6 seconds after the last person started the last 50m, and finished just under 2 seconds ahead of the World Record (which I am pretty sure she set).

For those playing along at home, her time beat the men’s WR before 1976 and was only 28 seconds off the men’s WR for the 800m. She’s also the first woman to sweep the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle in 48 years.

And she’s only 19.

xhaakas:

NYT Minus Context + Team USA Swimming

elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:

SHE DIDN’T JUST WIN SHE FUCKING DRAGGED EVERYONE ELSE THROUGH THE MUD

thesoftghetto:

Bolt outchea just playin..

Gay Olympian From ‘Very Homophobic’ Tonga, Slams Article Outing Gay Olympic Athletes Using Grindr|The Gaily Grind

cophinaphile:

apimeleki:

speyederfarina:

Openly gay Tongan athlete Amini Fonua issued a sharp condemnation on Thursday to a horribly irresponsible and exploitative Daily Beast story on athletes’ use of sex apps in Rio that might have outed gay athletes. [RELATED: Olympic Silver Medalist Gus Kenworthy Condemns Journalist For Outing Closeted Athletes In Rio] Fonua, an Olympic swimmer who competed […]

This is so important.

Gay Olympian From ‘Very Homophobic’ Tonga, Slams Article Outing Gay Olympic Athletes Using Grindr|The Gaily Grind