Black excellence takes over the 2021 Olympic trials

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Kiara Desirai, Author at The Link Entertainment

The ladies and gentlemen chose Black excellence in every category for the Tokyo Olympics trials. Sha’Carri Richardson, Allyson Felix, Trayvon Bromell, Quanera Hayes, Christina Clemons from Track & Field as well as Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, the men’s NCAA 4×400 Championship relay team, and many more that succeeded to the Tokyo Olympics this past week.

We saw the unapologetic Sha’Carri Richardson excel at what she does best, in the Track and Field category making her one of the fastest women in U.S. sprinting history alongside the iconic Flo Jo. During the Olympic trials Richardson ran top speed at 10.86 which was one of the Top 10 fastest times in history, and missed Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record by 0.24.

Allyson Felix has been competing for some time now and now this is her time to shine. This is her fifth time competing for Team USA. Felix finished second with a time of 50.02 seconds in the 400m to clinch her fifth trip to the Summer Olympics.

Felix also endured a lot to get to this year’s Olympics with her pregnancy as well as Nike’s attempt to cut her pay by 70% when she returned to the track, and the company declining to protect her pay, if her post-pregnancy performances were not up to par. Through it all she succeeded and is now joining the many others in their Tokyo Olympics journey.

Then there were the North Carolina A&T State University who made history at the NCAA Track and Field Championships landing them a spot in the Tokyo Olympics. Akeem Sirleaf, Trevor Stewart, Daniel Stokes, and Randolph Ross ran the 4×400-meter relay. Sophomore Randolph Ross Jr finished with a 44.74 time and senior Trevor Stewart finished with a 44.90, where graduate student Akeem Sirleaf and junior Daniel Stokes will run for Liberia and Mexico.

The 24-year-old swimmer Simone Manuel also secured her spot with a major comeback for the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo by winning the 50-meter freestyle by -0.01 seconds. Manuel was previously diagnosed with overtraining syndrome back in March while experiencing symptoms that could have hindered her performance through trails. She fought a huge battle and ultimately made herself and the U.S. proud.

The Olympics will begin Friday, July 23rd where we will see all of this phenomenal individuals compete.

The Baylor Bears men’s basketball team wins their first NCAA 2021 Championship title

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Kiara Desirai, Author at The Link Entertainment

On Monday night April 5th, Baylor took down Gonzaga 86-70 in the NCAA National Championship game, winning their first national title in school history.

The Baylor and Gonzaga game was definitely worth the wait with 16.92 million people watching.

“First and foremost, I want to thank God for blessing us with this opportunity tonight,” said Baylor coach Scott Drew. “I know the guys have worked really hard. And I’m so happy they get a chance to celebrate now. At the same time, I feel for Coach [Mark] Few and his team because they’re such class acts. And Coach Few is a Hall of Fame coach and an unbelievable guy. A better person than he is a coach. And you hate when friends aren’t feeling good.”

This NCAA game was the game to see due to both Baylor and Gonzaga were looking to win their first championship Monday night. Before Monday’s night game, the closest Baylor came to winning a title was in 1948 when the team played against Kentucky.

The entire game was making history left and right. College football fans praised the work of Gonzaga along the way especially after freshman Jalen Suggs hit a half court shot that sent them to the NCAA title game. Gonzaga also became the first undefeated team since Indiana State in 1979 to enter the championship game and lose.

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