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Nike On Air: Making History with Ibtihaj Muhammad and Janee' Kassanavoid

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3920 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Ibtihaj Muhammad and Janee’ Kassanavoid both envisioned a path to the top, and then climbed their way there – in fields where no one who looked like them had ever made it that far. Ibtihaj, a world class fencer, made history as the first woman to wear a hijab while competing on the world stage. And Janee’ Kassanavoid, hammer throw darling, became the first Indigenous woman to medal at the World Athletics Track and Field Championships. This episode, we hear their stories of resilience, passion, and vision. 

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0:00.0

From the moment I put my shoes on, tape up my fingers, and my name is called the step in the ring.

0:05.2

I always take a big deep breath.

0:07.5

I lick my right hand.

0:09.4

The left hand is holding the hammer, and then just kind of focus on making those two wines

0:14.6

continuous to sit in the middle let the ball go long left and let the hammer do the

0:19.6

work.

0:21.1

Cassanavoy in this hammer final. Kagan in the nannan yitzat, Janay Kastnavoid, nansaiyazat Janay Kastnavoid.

0:28.0

Hello everyone, I am Janai Kastanavoid and I'm Kamanchi.

0:32.0

Janai Kastinavoid and I'm Comanche.

0:33.1

Gine Kast and Avoid is one of the top hammer throwers in the world.

0:37.2

To compete, she steps into a circle, picks up an 8-pound metal ball attached to steel

0:42.1

wire, and then start spinning her body in a circle,

0:45.8

making the ball at the end of the wire swing around her.

0:49.2

After a few spins, she releases the ball, sending it flying out onto a field, 50, 60, 70 meters away.

0:57.0

Janay's personal best throw is 78 meters.

1:00.5

That's almost three quarters of a football field.

1:03.0

I feel like most common for a lot of throwers is the tempo of the throw.

1:07.0

When you have one wind, two wind, and it's one, two,

1:12.0

three, four.

1:13.2

That's kind of a tempo you're looking for.

1:15.5

And when I know that that's going to be a good throw, I let out sometimes a little yell

1:20.3

or like an ope sometimes which is very unplanned but it comes out naturally just with

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