{"id":607832,"date":"2021-08-01T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607832"},"modified":"2021-08-01T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T14:51:09","slug":"team-usas-gwen-berry-says-she-will-stage-protest-if-she-medals-at-olympics-ill-represent-the-oppressed-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-usas-gwen-berry-says-she-will-stage-protest-if-she-medals-at-olympics-ill-represent-the-oppressed-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA\u2019s Gwen Berry Says She Will Stage Protest If She Medals At Olympics: \u2018I\u2019ll Represent The Oppressed People\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fteam-usas-gwen-berry-says-she-will-stage-protest-if-she-medals-at-olympics-ill-represent-the-oppressed-people%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=607832&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\/08\/GettyImages-1325685942.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Team USA\u2019s Gwen Berry, who made headlines after she turned her back on the American flag during a medal ceremony at the U.S. Olympic Trials, says she plans to stage a similar protest if she medals at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Berry made it through qualifying rounds for the hammer throw over the weekend in the event\u2019s Group B preliminaries, earning her the ability to compete in the women\u2019s medal round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Although Berry is not expected to make it to the medal podium \u2014 she would have to defeat not only her American teammate, Brooke Anderson, but world-leading hammer throwers from China and Poland \u2014 she said, in a post-qualifier interview Saturday, that she intends to make a political statement if she does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve earned the right to wear this uniform,\u201d Berry said first, addressing critics who claimed she should be replaced by a more patriotic athlete, or that she could forgo her position on Team USA if competing under the American flag was a problem. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-lawmakers-veterans-call-for-gwen-berry-to-lose-olympic-spot-over-anthem-protest\">Daily Wire previously reported<\/a>, some lawmakers had floated the idea of booting Berry from the team if she continued to denigrate the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll represent the oppressed people,\u201d Berry added. \u201cThat\u2019s been my message for the last three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berry first protested the American national anthem in international competition when she won a medal at the Pan American Games two years ago. Then, she also turned her back on the flag during her medal ceremony, earning her a fine from the Games themselves, which prohibit political demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Berry made headlines more recently, though, after turning her back on the national anthem during the US Olympic Trials after taking the bronze medal. Berry, draped in an \u201cactivist athlete\u201d tee-shirt, looked directly at the press during the protest, rather than turn toward the stars and stripes alongside her fellow athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Berry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-feel-like-it-was-setup-hammer-thrower-turns-away-from-american-flag-during-national-anthem\">later claimed that she believed the anthem incident<\/a> was a \u201cset-up\u201d \u2014 an allegation that US Track and Field vehemently denied to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it was setup,\u201d Berry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2021\/06\/26\/gwen-berry-protest-olympic-trials\/\">said<\/a> with a burst of laughter. \u201cI feel like they did that on purpose, and I was pissed, to be honest. I was thinking about what should I do. Eventually, I just stayed there and just swayed. I put my shirt over my head. It was real disrespectful. I know they did that on purpose, but it\u2019ll be all right. I see what\u2019s up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe national anthem was scheduled to play at 5:20 p.m. today,\u201d USA Track and Field spokesman Susan Hazzard <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2020-tokyo-olympics-olympic-games-sports-2e9911837edab52ac4ddd8a5d02a714e?utm_medium=AP_Sports&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe didn\u2019t wait until the athletes were on the podium for the hammer throw awards. The national anthem is played every day according to a previously published schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berry told the media that the negative attention from before the Games is not affecting her performance in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just focused on what I need to do,\u201d Berry told reporters. \u201cBecause all those people who hate me, they aren\u2019t here. So they can\u2019t affect me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee has loosened restrictions on athlete protests for the Tokyo Games, watering down its infamous Rule 50, barring political demonstrations from the Olympic Games themselves. The IOC does still prohibit medal stand protests, however.<\/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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA\u2019s Gwen Berry, who made headlines after she turned her back on the American flag during a medal ceremony at the U.S. Olympic Trials, says she plans to stage &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}