Gwendolyn Berry said the playing of following her third place finish in the hammer throw at U.S. Olympic track and field trials on Saturday felt like “a setup.”
The previously outspoken thrower added: “I feel like they did that on purpose.”
As she stood on the podium and the national anthem unexpectedly played, she turned away from the American flag and placed a T-shirt that read “Activist Athlete” over her head.
One U.S. congressman said Berry, and other athletes who follow suit with such demonstrations, should be kicked off Team USA.
“We don’t need any more activist athletes,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” Monday. “She should