The 2016 Olympics wrapped up this past week-end in Rio. It was an astonishingly success games for the US women - they earned 61 of the 121 medals won by US athletes and 27 of the 46 gold medals - 59%. These numbers are even more astounding because there are fewer events for women to compete in than men - 145 events for women and 161 for men. This year, 45% of all athletes competing from around the world were women. The International Olympic Committee has a goal for there to b

US Women's Gymnastic Team The US women's gymnastic team has won the all around gold medal team competition. Simone Biles has won her fourth gold medal and is being called the greatest gymnast of our time and perhaps all time. All five of the team members continue to win additional gold, silver, and bronze medals. Read more here. For the first time since 2004, there is a Hispanic woman on the team and there are two Black women as well. Finally - a gymnastic team that looks lik

Women have been competing in the Olympics for more than 100 years. They competed for the first time in the 1900 Paris Olympics. According to www.olympic.org of 997 athletes, 22 were women. They competed in five sports including tennis, sailing, and croquet. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, there are estimated to be 11,520 athletes competing and more than 45% of them are women - so about 5,000 women. Quite a change since 1900. What hasn't changed enough is that women athlet

Will you be watching the Olympics when they begin tomorrow, Friday - August 5? There will be pageantry and then the games begin! All of the athletes at the Olympics represent the best talent of their countries. But perhaps you would like to know a few women athletes to watch for, including US Olympians as well as those from other countries. One star is sure to be US gymnast Simone Biles. She was the first African-American to be the all-around world champ. At 19, Biles already