{"id":604683,"date":"2021-07-28T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604683"},"modified":"2021-07-28T11:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T15:36:56","slug":"woke-olympics-gymnast-incorporates-black-lives-matter-protest-in-floor-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-olympics-gymnast-incorporates-black-lives-matter-protest-in-floor-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Olympics: Gymnast Incorporates Black Lives Matter Protest In Floor Routine\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-olympics-gymnast-incorporates-black-lives-matter-protest-in-floor-routine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=604683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1158416718.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class>Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado took a knee and raised a clenched black power fist at the end of her floor routine, paying tribute to leftist anti-police activist group Black Lives Matter while skirting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) protest rules.<\/p>\n<p class>Alvarado, the first gymnast from Costa Rica to qualify for the Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/costa-rican-gymnast-olympic-first-lauded-black-lives-matter-tribute-rcna1515\">confirmed<\/a> to The Associated Press that she was honoring the BLM moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cBecause we\u2019re all the same,\u201d the 18-year-old gymnast said. \u201cWe\u2019re all beautiful and amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC, Alvarado further explained on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gymcastic.com\/live-blog-2020-tokyo-olympics-womens-podium-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GymCastic<\/a>&nbsp;podcast the significance of the protest: \u201cAlvarado said she felt that if she did \u2018something that brings everyone together,\u2019 it adds to the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect and recognizing everyone has the same rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0805687203791\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luciana Alvarado of Costa Rica ends her gymnastics routine by kneeling with a clenched fist to honor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GL4paPlSs5\">pic.twitter.com\/GL4paPlSs5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Daniel Lee, DSW, MSW \ud83d\udcaf (@danielwaynelee0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielwaynelee0\/status\/1419905457666224132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The IOC has barred political protesting on the medal podium, though athletes are allowed to protest before their events, matches, and games.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarado\u2019s protest is being called an IOC policy \u201cloophole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she&nbsp;incorporated the gesture as an artistic element in her floor routine, the governing organization might not&nbsp;be able to enforce any sort of penalty against her,\u201d USA Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2021\/07\/26\/olympic-gymnast-luciana-alvarado-raises-fist-black-lives-matter\/5374945001\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s soccer players from numerous countries have included their own protests, too.<\/p>\n<p>All 22 players on Team USA took a knee to&nbsp;protest alleged rampant racism in the U.S. in solidarity with BLM before their 3-0 loss to Sweden last week. Sweden\u2019s players, too, took a knee during pregame.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s soccer players from Chile, New Zealand, and Great Britain took a knee before their games, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Star forward and captain for the U.S. women\u2019s soccer team Megan Rapinoe stood by the team\u2019s kneeling protest.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for us to continue to use our voices and use our platforms to talk about the things that affect all of us intimately in different ways,\u201d Rapinoe said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-alex-morgan-soccer-players-take-knee-protest-tokyo-t226302\">according<\/a> to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe have people from Team USA, from all over the country, from all backgrounds, and people literally from all over the world for every other team so I obviously encourage everyone to use that platform to the best of their ability to do the most good that they possibly can in the world, especially as all eyes are on Tokyo these next couple weeks,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe\u2019re on the global stage, with the world\u2019s media, and eyeballs and people\u2019s attention, all drawn to one place with a collection of incredible athletes from all over the world, who care a lot about what they\u2019re doing here in Tokyo in terms of their sport, and who care a lot about a lot of other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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