Brooke Donoghue and Hannah Osborne celebrate their silver medal in the women's rowing double sculls final at the Tokyo Olympics. READ MORE:* Tokyo Olympics: Why Simone Biles is a true Olympic champion* Bouncing back: Katie Ledecky finally wins gold at Tokyo Olympics* New Zealand women's pair set world's best time in making final at Tokyo OlympicsWomen (pronounced wim-in, it rhymes with swimmin’) make up almost half of the 211 athlete-strong New Zealand Olympic team. Simone Biles congratulated the USA “girls” after she pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic team competition citing her mental health. The term “girl” can be incredibly demeaning when used in the wrong context. For now, let’s ditch the term “girl” and instead focus on how amazing the New Zealand women (and men) are at the Tokyo Olympics, because no matter who they are, they are deserving of support.

Source: Stuff July 31, 2021 17:01 UTC