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"If the USA Women’s hockey team wants a real celebration and invite, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times."
— Flavor Flav offering to celebrate the gold medal team in style — after a video emerged of President Trump calling the men's team to congratulate them and belittle the women's team. Flavor Flav has now extended the invitation to ALL U.S. female Olympians & Paralympians.
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Olympic viewership driven by joy and women 📈
7.7 million viewers tuned in for the epic U.S v. Canada gold medal hockey match. NBC saw viewership up 96% over the last Winter Olympics and had 4.3 billion (BILLION) impressions on social media. Everyone watched. And what drove the largest viewership numbers in over a decade?
The women! ⛸️ 🏒 ⛷️
For the third Winter Olympics and sixth Olympics in a row, the U.S. women accounted for the majority of U.S. medals. Including mixed events, women were part of 21 of America's 33 medals 🥇and eight of the 12 gold medals.
How did they do it? Any damn way they pleased.
If there was one thing we learned from this Olympics it was that — despite criticism that suggested otherwise — there are as many ways to be a female athlete as there are female athletes. We saw joy win from Alysa Liu and determination in the face of naysayers from Lindsey Vonn. We saw Amber Glenn face threats for standing up for LGBT rights and Mikaela Shiffrin prioritize her mental health.
It isn't just that female athletes are finally getting the stage they deserve, it's also that they're finally able to take us inside their journeys with them and own their own stories. Eileen Gu laughing with confidence at a reporter's poorly framed question? Hilary Knight getting engaged (in sweats!) the day before scoring the last-minute tying goal in the gold medal game? Yes and yes.
Be a female athlete however you want to be a female athlete 💜
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(Photo: IOC)
Now it's time for the Paralympics
But the fun doesn't stop. Two weeks after the Olympics end, the Paralympics start 🥇
March 6-15
Six sports, 79 events
One 50th anniversary of the first Winter Games
📺 HOW TO WATCH: In the U.S. you can watch primarily on Peacock, with some coverage on USA and NBC. In Canada it's on CBC & CBC Gem. See the full list of broadcasters globally here and stay tuned next week for our guide on what events you can't miss!
Tip of the week
If you haven't heard of it yet, Hyrox is the booming sport of fitness racing. In a Hyrox race, athletes (either in solo divisions or in teams of two) go through eight stations each followed by a 1km run: SkiErg, sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, indoor row, kettlebell farmer's carry, lunges with a sandbag, and wall balls.
In December, Hyrox released its first study on how athletes train and perform in the competitions. The biggest takeaways? Despite the fact that Hyrox is at the foundation of the "hybrid athlete" boom — which emphasizes strength training combined with aerobic training, the study found that endurance was actually key to staying strong through 8km of running and to maintaining form under fatigue.
Additionally, power-based strength training was important for things like wall balls and broad jumps. This isn't a deadlift competition!
READ MORE: The Hyrox Sports Science Report |
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The highlight reel
- 🏃♀️ Keely Hodgkinson broke the indoor 800m world record — which was last broken on the very day she was born 24 years ago.
- 🏃♀️ Ashely Paulson broke the 100-mile world record that was just set back in November by 17 minutes, covering the national championship looped course in 12 hours, 19 minutes, and 34 seconds.
- 🏃♀️ Mare Dibaba 🇪🇹 won the Osaka Marathon in 2:21:44.
- At the FACSA Castelló race in Spain, 🏃♀️ Megan Keith set a surprise new European 10km road record (30:07) — but in the chaotic start many women near the front found themselves knocked over, trampled, and injured by the men pushing behind them.
- Georgie Rowe set a world record for the indoor 5,000m row — becoming the first woman to go under 16:50. 🚣♀️
- At 98 years old, Maggie Kennedy has already set the Guinness for the oldest competitive pool player 🎱 but she keeps going.
- 🏉 England's Red Roses rugby team will take on Ireland in April as part of the Six Nations tournament — and the 60,000 ticket already sold will set a tournament record for attendance.
- Netflix announced its first-ever livestreamed MMA event will be headlined by Ronda Rousey v. Gina Carano. 🥊
- 🏌️♀️ Michelle Wie West is also coming out of retirement to compete in the WTGL league.
- The Golden Trail World World Series unveiled their 2026 calendar (with some changes, after Nike's jump into the trail game). Broken Arrow will also sponsor a high school trail national championship, modeled after the Nike XC nationals. 🏔️
- Last year's surprise champ won't defend her title at this weekend's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. 🚲
- A pro tennis player, currently serving a four-year doping ban, is suing the WTA for failing to protect players from contaminated meat.
- 📺 ESPN will be filling the former Sunday Night Baseball slot with Women's Sports Sundays.
Your Feisty recommendations
🎧 What to listen to: "Trail Running is Political: Immigration, ICE & the Responsibility of Our Sport"
📺 What to watch: Threshold — the story of gold medalist Jessie Diggins
📚 What to read: Rise by Lindsey Vonn
💜 What we loved: Learning about this story of the first U.S. American figure skating gold medalist — that's Doctor to you! |
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