This Women's Sports Week, former NCAA swimmers Riley_Gaines_ & PaulaYScanlan are sounding the alarm on threats to women's sports and women as a whole. 'If these threats to women do persist, the integrity of women's sports is lost,' the two wrote.
"If these threats to women do persist, the integrity of women's sports is lost," the former competitive swimmers wrote for the Washington Examiner."But even more importantly, women will continue being erased as a whole.
In refusing to stay silent about"protecting girls and women," something Scanlan said she had to overcome, the women's message is clear:"Enough is enough."
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