First stop, Olympic Village

Welcome to Melanin MVP 👋🏾, where we celebrate minority women athletes making history. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s sports highlights with your favorite beverage. When you reach the last sip, let us know! 🥂

Women to Watch 🏅

• Coco Gauff was voted as the woman flagbearer for the USA, and this moment capturing her reaction is precious.

• Alyson Felix may have stopped running in 2022, but her impact on the Olympics is far from over. She’s partnering with Pampers to bring the first-ever nursery to the Olympic Village and running for election to the International Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission.

• Brittany Brown and Kenzie Long are two lesser-known track athletes who are headed to Paris to make sure you don’t forget their names.

• Suni Lee, a gymnastic gold medalist, returns to the Olympics after battling multiple kidney diseases.

• The US Women’s National Soccer Team features an all Black front field for the first time in history.

Top Stories 📰

• Togethxr has generated $3 million in revenue in the past seven months on its “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports” T-shirt (of which I am a proud owner). They’ve created a French version of their popular tee just in time for the Olympics.

Only Fans 🏟️

• Nobody is a bigger fan of the Women’s water polo team than Flavor Flav.

The Last Sip 🥂

While we’re sitting at home feeling our most patriotic, our faves are planning swimming lessons together when they return and showing us around Olympic Village while they wait for the opening ceremony and I love to see it.