Luciana Alvarado, a Costa Rican gymnast competing at the Tokyo Olympics, completed her floor routine with a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement. The 18-year-old completed her floor routine by taking a knee, putting her left hand behind her back and raising her right hand while making a fist. She wanted to spotlight equal rights and treating everyone with respect, Alvarado told the GymCastic podcast after she performed the routine during practice. RELATED: FINA Denies Black-Owned Brand of Swimming Caps From Competitive Use in Olympics “I feel like if you do something that brings everyone together, you know, and you see that here, […]
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