She did not visit Trump, she accepted the order from Biden. Megan Rapinoe ends her career, but she does not intend to remain silent
These are not threats, she will really do it – after the current season, American Megan Rapinoe, for years the brightest star of women’s football, will retire from sports. She bids farewell to great football in Australia and New Zealand, where she and her friends aim to defend the title of world champions. – I will never be indifferent, I will never be silent – she confessed at the beginning of her career. She kept her word, fighting hard both on and off the pitch.
July 7, 2022, Washington, White House.
Joe Biden, 46. the president of the United States of Americahonors 17 people with the Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian award.
– Where is Megan? Megan, where are you? asks the president, looking in all directions. Rapinoe, pink hair, white suit, sits right behind him, under a portrait of George Washington. She and gymnast Simone Biles are representatives of the world of sport here.
Other honorees include Diane Nash, founder of the Student Violence Coordinating Committee, Gabrielle Giffords, who learned to walk and talk after being shot in the head, Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the Apple co-founder, and Fred Gray, an attorney, 91, who represented Martin Luther King in court.
Joe Biden honors Megan Rapinoe with the Presidential Medal of FreedomGetty Images
Among them, in this noble pursuit, there is a place for her, a two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist, the first female footballer to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sport for her is just the beginning, he didn’t lead her to this place. Megan’s list of off-field activities – to friends “Pinoe” – is impressively long, including activities for gender equality, equal pay, the fight against racism and the fight against homophobia.
The president speaks out, says that his granddaughter also played football in high school, and “Pinoe” was and is her idol. “This is America,” he points out, pointing to the entire medal-winning group.
“W stands for Warrior”
Tattoos, they say a lot about Megan. Each of them – simple, made in black ink – has an overtone, meaning, explanation.
W – stands for Warrior. “The women in our family are warriors. And Megan is the greatest warrior of us,” Jennifer Brooks, the older sister of “Pinoe,” explained in 2022 in Harper’s Bazaar.
Mammers – in honor of her supportive mother, an abbreviation of Mrs. Denis’ nickname “Mammer Jammers”, in addition written in her handwriting.
Arabic sentence – in translation “Trust yourself”.
The outline of California – the state where Megan comes from, to which she is always happy to return, especially to her hometown of Redding, where she has fanatical fans and a street named after her. Where her parents still live.
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