Three members or future members of Team USA for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo this summer spoke out about their experiences with recent anti-Asian hate and discrimination – something that has been on the rise throughout the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Olympic karate qualifier Sakura Kokumai, men’s gymnastics favorite Yul Moldauer and wheelchair tennis player Dana Mathewson all detailed similar experiences and incidents they have faced in recent weeks while speaking at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee media summit on Wednesday.
They, like the countless others in the sports world who have spoken out, aren’t looking for pity. The goal, they said, is simply to keep raising awareness.
Moldauer — who competed collegiately at Oklahoma and was a member of the 2018 national team — shared an incident he faced on Instagram last month, in which he said a woman cut him off on the road.
After he honked at her, and the two later pulled up next to each other at a red light, the Moldauer said the woman yelled at him to “go back to China.”
Though he admitted that it’s tough to know he has to represent Americans who feel the way that woman on the road do, Moldauer isn’t trying to let that bother him — and knows how important speaking out about that incident and others like it really is. Read More
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