Allyson Felix, Naomi Osaka Earn Women's Sports Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympians Allyson Felix and Jordan Larson were regarded as Sportswomen of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.
Felix won two awards at the Tokyo Games — giving her 11 in her profession — to outperform Carl Lewis as the most finished American in olympic style events history. Larson drove the U.S. Ladies' volleyball crew to triumph against Brazil for its first Olympic gold award. 토토사이트
Naomi Osaka acquired the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award for carrying attention to civil rights and psychological wellness issues at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports on Wednesday night.
"I got the mental fortitude just to stand up growing up and seeing every one individuals around me doing astounding things," Osaka said, "and not having any dread and supporting what they put stock in."
Kim Ng of the Miami Marlins, the principal female senior supervisor in baseball, gotten the Billie Jean King Leadership Award. Larry Scott, the previous official of the Pac 12 and previous CEO of the WTA Tour, acknowledged the Champion for Equality Award.
A gathering at the New-York Historical Society in front of the virtual entertainment ceremony highlighted King just as previous baseball chief Joe Torre, Olympic hockey star Meghan Duggan, double cross World Cup champion Julie Foudy, Stanford ladies' ball mentor Tara VanDerveer and Women's Sports Foundation President Phaidra Knight.