Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Colonial Pain: Sohn Kee-chung, Carissa Moore

🎌 Japan's only men's Olympic Marathon Champion is Korean: Sohn Kee-chung (손기정 / 孫基禎) won gold when Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ   America's only women's Olympic Surfing Champion is Hawaiian: Carissa Kainani Moore won gold during the US occupation of Hawai'i. 😒