SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO

It has long been known that women have taken a historic back seat in all fields.  The  lack of exposure has led society to think that female participation in sports do not exist. We are not invisible. I want society to know Puerto Rican women have excelled in all fields and it is time  we all know about it.  Puerto Rico is expected to compete at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.  Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2021, the Games have been postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  It will be the territory’s nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The women’s basketball team has now become the fifth team in Puerto Rico’s history to participate in the Olympic games. The basketball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads.

As noted below, double the number of Puerto Rican women than men in the cumulative total participating in the forthcoming Olympics, 2021.

Competitors:

It has been far too long stereotypical thought that women could not compete, much less become champions in their talented fields. Any field you could mention, women not only excel but do it despite the odds against them. There is a lack of sponsors, exposure, appropriate training and the list continues but none of it stops these women from making herstory. The above reflects only the more recent members of Puerto Rican women competing; they double the numbers of their counterparts!