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In this June 26, 2021, file photo, Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) **FILE**

U.S. Olympian who turned back on flag places 11th out of 12

By Pat Graham - Associated Press

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won, Andersen was second, and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Tokyo Olympics poised for new level of sports protests under newly relaxed rules

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price stands for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Happy birthday America: Ask not ‘What’s in it for me?’

By Tim Constantine

A U.S. flag flies with the sun in the background, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in downtown Seattle. Temperatures cooled considerably in western Washington, Oregon and British Columbia Wednesday after several days of record-breaking heat, but the interior regions of the region were still sweating through triple-digit temperatures as the weather system moved east. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The American flag still outshines its detractors

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gwendolyn Berry her Activist Athlete T-Shirt over her head during the metal ceremony after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

White House supports Olympian Gwen Berry’s anthem protest

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Gwendolyn Berry, left, drapes her "Activist Athlete" T-Shirt over her head as DeAnna Price stands for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Meghan McCain blasts Gwen Berry for American flag snub: ‘I will die on this hill’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won, Andersen was second, and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Crenshaw: U.S. Olympic qualifier should be kicked off team for turning back on flag

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price stands for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Activist U.S. hammer thrower ‘pissed’ about anthem playing

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, Gwendolyn &quot;Gwen&quot; Berry of the United States waves as she is introduced at the start of the women's hammer throw final during athletics competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Berry has won a humanitarian award for her outspoken role in raising social-justice issues in the United States. The 31-year-old hammer thrower wins the Toyota Humanitarian Award, given annually by USA Track and Field. She's being honored for her role in the debate about social inequality on and off the playing field for the past 16 months. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Gwen Berry wins humanitarian award, insists US can do better

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2017, file photo, Gwen Berry, of the United States, competes in the women's hammer throw at the Golden Grand Prix athletics meet in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Berry captured headlines last year when she used her turn on the gold-medal podium at the Pan-Am Games to raise her fist as a show of her frustration with America’s treatment of blacks. Her gesture, to say nothing of the punishment that came afterward, are all being seen in a new light these days, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Berry airs out grievances with USOPC in wake of Floyd death

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Gwen Berry, of the United States, waits for the women's hammer throw final to begin at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

US protester Berry: ‘It’s crazy how people suffer sometimes’

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Gwendolyn Berry of United States waves prior to in the women's hammer throw final during the athletics at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Gwen Berry and Race Imboden, U.S. athletes, protest Donald Trump on Pan Am Games medals stand

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press