Coincidentally, she was inducted Saturday into the Indiana Track and Field Hall of Fame. Spencer, after running her fastest time since 2019 in a semifinal, tripped and fell over the first hurdle Saturday. USA track: Indy's Lynna Irby, Ashley Spencer stay on track to make world team It’s something to be supported and celebrated. And that’s what’s most important right now.” “My body is not something to be governed. And it’s heartbreaking that I can stand here, represent this country, and not get the support that I need from this country that I love so very much. And now a woman’s womb is under a governing body. This country, this globe, was built from a woman’s womb. And so now, I don’t even have control over my own body as a woman. And as a female athlete, we are already not getting equal pay, equal opportunity, equal support. “The choice that we have on our bodies has just been taken away from us. What matters is the rights of women being under attack. My performance on the track does not matter. After qualifying Friday for the final in the USA Championships at Eugene, Ore., she said: Spencer, 29, of Indianapolis, won a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The law had had made abortions legal for 50 years. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsĪshley Spencer and Allyson Felix, both Olympic medalists in track and field, blasted the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Austin, TX, USA Ashley Spencer wins the invitational women's 400m hurdles in 56.43 during the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A.
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