The probe into US athlete Raven Saunders' X gesture at the Olympics has been suspended after she shared on social media that her mother has died, according to the International Olympic Committee .
Saunders -- a 25-year-old Black, LGBTQ athlete -- raised her hands and crossed them to form an X when she was on a podium as she and other medal winners posed for photos. She had won a silver medal for women's shot put Saturday.Raven Saunders' X podium protest: What it means and why the IOC is investigatingShe told NBC the symbol represents"the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.
— Raven HULK Saunders August 3, 2021 In sharing the news of her mother's death, Saunders said she was her"number one guardian angel."" off social media for a while to take care of my mental and my family," she in the tweet."My mama was a great woman and will forever live through me." "Our last conversation was one of the best ever. Mama I know you love me with every fiber in your body," Saunders wrote in an Instagram post.
So let me get the straight. The Olympics started in Greece. So did democracy. But protesting isn’t allowed?!? Just another hilarity of so-called democracy.
Sorry that he mom died, but what do you really need to investigate? She did it, explained why and there are pictures. What are you doing to do to her? Nothing.
there shouldn’t have been an 'investigation' to begin with…
They seriously need to leave her alone
Oh fuck right off We all know that there's no real reason to investigate this woman anyways. Leave her alone and let her mourn her mother AND CELEBRATE HER VICTORY as she sees fit. Christ
Raven’s show of solidarity and Simone’s show of strength are what role model behavior is made of. Keep up the good work, ladies - we see you. ❤️
Should be disqualified no place for that Crap in the Olympics
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She’s an absolute queen!
She's just making a statement
Unfortunate for her mother but that has nothing to do with what she was doing on stage and also I saw parts of an interview of hers about this same thing and she didn t seem that down, she was twerking. Just don t go represent a place for which you don t feel love, simple.
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