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Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« on: August 03, 2021, 02:36:30 pm »
Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics

Kyle Morris 3 Aug 2021

Gwen Berry, a U.S. Olympic hammer thrower who turned away from the American flag during the playing of the national anthem, failed to medal during finals on Tuesday.

According to the New York Post, Berry finished in eleventh place out of twelve competitors, registering a distance of 71.35 meters.

In June, Berry made headlines when she snubbed the American flag during the national anthem after finishing third at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Oregon. In addition, she pulled out a back t-shirt that read “Activist Athlete” as she covered her face.



Following the trials, Berry told reporters that she was “set up” with the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner.

“I feel like it was a set-up, and they did it on purpose,” Berry said of the anthem being played. “I was pissed, to be honest.”

“The anthem doesn’t speak for me,” Berry added. “It never has. I didn’t really want to be up there. Like I said, it was a setup. I was hot. I was ready to take my pictures and get into some shade.”

Earlier this week, before she failed to medal, Berry vowed to protest against the United States on the medal stand to “represent the oppressed peoples.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/03/canceled-anthem-protester-gwen-berry-fails-to-medal-at-olympics/

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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2021, 02:46:37 pm »
Berry finished in eleventh place out of twelve competitors, registering a distance of 71.35 meters.

SHe was never good enough to even be on the USA team.  Now she proved it.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2021, 02:49:33 pm »
Happy that Poland got the Gold in the event.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2021, 02:54:28 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on August 03, 2021, 02:46:37 pm
Berry finished in eleventh place out of twelve competitors, registering a distance of 71.35 meters.

SHe was never good enough to even be on the USA team.  Now she proved it.
She was hardly good enough to be on anyone's olympic team.

The US media sold us another bill of goods.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2021, 03:16:30 pm »
More Good News:

Jessica Springsteen, daughter of rock legend Bruce Springsteen, fails to qualify for equestrian individual jumping final at Tokyo Olympics



Guess Brucie couldn't buy her a Gold Medal.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2021, 03:19:05 pm »
Deanna Price was the top American, finishing 8th with a fractured foot.  The story should be about her - not some loser political activist.

Battling fractured foot, former Saluki Price fails to medal at Tokyo Olympics

Todd Hefferman   |   Aug 3, 2021

Battling a fractured foot, former SIU national champion Deanna Price finished a disappointing eighth in the women's hammer throw at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday morning locally.

Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland won the gold medal for the third consecutive Olympics with a toss of 78.48 meters. Wang Zheng of China took the silver medal at 77.03 and Malwina Kopron ensured Poland had two people on the podium by winning the bronze medal at 75.49. The Americans, who had a trio in the 12-player finals, failed to pick up the first medal in the country's history in the event.

https://thesouthern.com/sports/college/salukimania/battling-fractured-foot-former-saluki-price-fails-to-medal-at-tokyo-olympics/article_3ec13dbe-88c5-5ac8-a640-43f9d6c18c8f.html
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2021, 03:20:43 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on August 03, 2021, 03:16:30 pm
More Good News:

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Guess Brucie couldn't buy her a Gold Medal.

So they put the reign's in her hands
Sent her off to a foreign land
to go and beat the yellow man...
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2021, 03:23:34 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on August 03, 2021, 03:19:05 pm
Deanna Price was the top American, finishing 8th with a fractured foot.  The story should be about her - not some loser political activist.


Exactly!   

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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2021, 03:27:09 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on August 03, 2021, 03:16:30 pm
More Good News:

Jessica Springsteen, daughter of rock legend Bruce Springsteen, fails to qualify for equestrian individual jumping final at Tokyo Olympics



Guess Brucie couldn't buy her a Gold Medal.
There's something incongruent about an equestrian Springsteen. Perhaps all that 'voice of the common man' stuff was all hokum.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2021, 03:31:46 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on August 03, 2021, 03:23:34 pm
Exactly!   



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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2021, 03:35:09 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on August 03, 2021, 03:16:30 pm
More Good News:

Jessica Springsteen, daughter of rock legend Bruce Springsteen, fails to qualify for equestrian individual jumping final at Tokyo Olympics



Guess Brucie couldn't buy her a Gold Medal.

Mark my words. They will blame the horse.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2021, 03:35:12 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on August 03, 2021, 03:23:34 pm
Exactly!   



Who?  Purpose?  Why?

Those are the three questions she writes on her arm before each competition.  None have anything to do with wokeness, fascism, or social justice.

Who?  She does it for her husband.  Support for her family.

Purpose?  To show that women can be strong and beautiful at the same time.

Why?  For all of us.  To show that it is for "we", and not "me".
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2021, 03:38:22 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on August 03, 2021, 03:16:30 pm
More Good News:

Jessica Springsteen, daughter of rock legend Bruce Springsteen, fails to qualify for equestrian individual jumping final at Tokyo Olympics



Guess Brucie couldn't buy her a Gold Medal.
You have to get the whole horse over the fence...
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2021, 03:42:43 pm »
Quote from: debrawiest on August 03, 2021, 03:35:09 pm
Mark my words. They will blame the horse.

And Trump supporters, of course.
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2021, 03:45:44 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 03, 2021, 03:38:22 pm
You have to get the whole horse over the fence...

With the ass who road in on it is of course, a given!
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
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Quote from: skeeter on August 03, 2021, 03:27:09 pm
There's something incongruent about an equestrian Springsteen. Perhaps all that 'voice of the common man' stuff was all hokum.

If you can afford a horse that’s Olympic-quality, you ain’t a common man.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2021, 05:38:47 pm »
Quote from: debrawiest on August 03, 2021, 04:42:33 pm
If you can afford a horse that’s Olympic-quality, you ain’t a common man.
Meh. Calf roping isn't an Olympic event.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2021, 05:46:30 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 03, 2021, 05:38:47 pm
Meh. Calf roping isn't an Olympic event.

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Quote from: Wingnut on August 03, 2021, 05:46:30 pm
Riding the bull sure has been this year!
Makes a guy wish they'd hop off at eight seconds...
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2021, 06:30:19 pm »
Good.  She deserves to live in relative ignominy.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2021, 06:57:00 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on August 03, 2021, 06:30:19 pm
Good.  She deserves to live in relative ignominy.

Berry is certainly not as good as she thinks she is.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2021, 07:19:45 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on August 03, 2021, 06:57:00 pm
Berry is certainly not as good as she thinks she is.

Most of us aren't.  But her self-delusion is orders of magnitude greater than the rest of us.
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Re: Canceled: Anthem-Protester Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics
« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2021, 04:39:07 am »
Quote from: Kamaji on August 03, 2021, 06:30:19 pm
Good.  She deserves to live in relative ignominy.
Fear not she will endeavor to continue in pursuit of her dream to embarrass America in front of the world, unfortunately for Gwen and America that is already being accomplished by Joe and Kammy.
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