Summer of Gold: how the 1996 Olympics inspired a generation of female athletes
by Melissa Jacobs from US news | The Guardian on (#5NCJZ)
The Atlanta Games saw a rush of medals for women on Team USA. A new podcast series is hoping to build on their legacy
Alex Morgan was just seven years old when the 1996 Olympics took place in Atlanta. She watched Michelle Akers and Julie Foudy lead the US to the first-ever Olympic gold in women's soccer, in front of 80,000 electrified fans. Foudy would not know of Morgan - now one of the most feared forwards in the world - for another decade, but she knew the world, including many young girls like Morgan, was watching.
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