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 Olympic Championship Beauty--No Conflicts Between Beauty and Strength

Olympic Championship Beauty--No Conflicts Between Beauty and Strength

1948 London Olympics Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the high jump. Since then, more and more black women have shown their style at the Olympics and won honors for themselves and their countries.

1948 London Olympics Alice Coachman

The Olympic Games is the stage that all black athletes dream of. Being higher, faster, and stronger is their pursuit. Countless athletes have broken through themselves and exceeded the limits of the human body to achieve the ultimate results.

With sweat, blood, and tears, they overcame one difficulty after another and worked hard to cover every obstacle in reaching the high platform. Any factors that affect the winner deserve attention, and the importance of hair also needs to be focused on.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levine Low Bun

Many athletes love to style a bun or ponytail, so the hair can flatten on the head at great content and does not interfere with sports. They do a low or high bun or high ponytails to tie the hair together tightly and fix the hair in place.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levine won gold in the 400-meter hurdles and 4×400 meters relay with a low bun, and Athing Mu won gold in the 800-meter and 4×400 meters relay and also made a tight bun as well.

To achieve extreme speed, some Olympic programs like speed skating set up the equipment rules. Skaters wear skin-tight suits with an aerodynamic hood and thumb loops to minimize air resistance. Erin Jackson, the famous athlete, was the first black woman to win a gold medal. Her dream came true in the 2020 Beijing Olympics, showing her strength to the world.

She wore the suit in 2020 to avoid any possible elements that may slow down the speed. Then she took off the hood and showed her braided African hairstyles after the race, telling the world about her Olympic spirit and classic African culture, projecting a proud celebration of her heritage.

The hair of black athlete always is a topic in the Olympics besides their professional performance.

“For a while, Black women have had to make themselves presentable in a way that wasn’t perceived to be unkept or unprofessional,” said Armstrong, the Center for Race and Ethnicity in Sport director at the University of Michigan. “Black women were judged by their hair, called not professional or not qualified. We’re at a point now where Black women are reclaiming their crown.”

Erin Jackson has done that, and more and more black athletes are all in the way.

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World and U.S. National Champion, also an excellent runner, Natasha Hastings shares her insights on her running hair, her motivations, and her “you look good, you feel good” philosophy.

She has tried many hairstyles on the race: she cut a short pixie because of the hot weather, applied human hair extensions for a pretty look, and took a headband to cover her edges to avoid heat and protect her edges.  

She does not mind, or in other words, loves to use wigs for an extension look, and shows her beauty with the help of trendy human hair wigs meanwhile doing her best on the Olympic stage. Her experience proves that there is no conflict between beauty and strength.

The black athletes can be the champions, and perform at their best in the race while showing their style and personality to the world. Whether they apply wigs, or do makeup or not, it should not be a point of attack.

Natural hair looks great, and you have the right to braid traditional African hairstyles with the help of various extensions and wear wigs.

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