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Category [videorecording] : woman / by Ellis, Phyllis,film director,screenwriter.; Proximity Films,film distributor.;

Caster Semenya."When 18-year-old South African runner Caster Semenya burst onto the world stage in 2009, her championship was not celebrated, but instead launched a series of increasingly invasive public attacks, exposing her personal medical records via the international media, and stirring relentless debates on her "legitimacy" as an athlete and as a woman. Using women's naturally varying androgen levels to evaluate their performance advantages, the sporting institution World Athletics create new rules declaring certain female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies to compete in their sport. Category: Woman focuses on four athletes from the Global South who are targeted and forced out of competition by these regulations, and explores the devastation both to their bodies and their private lives. Filmmaker and former Olympian Phyllis Ellis exposes an industry controlled by men that puts women's lives at risk and raises issues of racism, sexism, and the right to determine another persons' biological sex."E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD.

Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Personal narratives.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Semenya, Caster, 1991-; Androgens.; Runners (Sports); Sex discrimination in sports.; Women athletes; Women's rights.;

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Meet Clara Hughes / by MacLeod, Elizabeth.;

Clara is still the only person in the world to ever win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. But perhaps her biggest accomplishment is the work she has done to help others.

Subjects: Biographies.; Hughes, Clara; Women speed skaters; Women cyclists; Women Olympic athletes;

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Rock star : my life on and off the ice / by Jones, Jennifer,1974-author.; Weeks, Bob,author.;

"From the first slides as a toddler at her hometown Winnipeg curling club to the top step of the Olympic podium, Jennifer Jones has risen to become one of curling's greatest players. Along the way, she has altered how the game is played and has kicked open doors to allow women to have equality in what was, traditionally, a male-dominated field. Her record of achievement is unmatched, but it never came easily. In Rock Star, Jones opens up about the tensions between teammates and opponents, how she combined law school and a legal career with curling at the highest level, the inside story on what many consider the greatest shot in curling history, how her Olympic dream almost ended on a ski hill in Switzerland, and the challenges of balancing world-class curling with motherhood. Jones also reveals the personal battles she endured during her career. While she was front and centre in arenas and television coverage, she had to push herself past her severe introversion to find some level of comfort with being in the spotlight. There were also clashes with the media, which sometimes portrayed her so harshly that it left her in tears. From first slide to last rock, the journey she shares in this memoir is one that may surprise even her biggest fans. Jones helped to grow the sport, and in exchange, she grew as a curler, a wife, a mother, and a public figure. Equal parts inspiring and shocking, Rock Star will leave readers in awe of her accomplishments and the journey that led her to become the person she is today"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Jones, Jennifer, 1974-; Curlers (Athletes); Curling.; Women curlers;

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The role I played : Canada's greatest Olympic hockey team / by Small, Sami Jo,author.;

"Three-time Olympic medalist shares behind-the-scenes insight into the beloved Canadian National Women's Hockey Team. Men's hockey in Canada may hog the limelight, but interest in women's hockey has never been higher. The Role I Played is a memoir of Sami Jo Small's ten years with Canada's National Women's Hockey Team. Beginning with her experience as a rookie at the first-ever women's Olympic hockey tournament in Nagano in 1998 and culminating with Canada's third straight Olympic gold medal in Vancouver in 2010, the veteran goaltender gives the reader behind-the-scenes insight into one of the most successful teams in sports history. Small offers insider access, writing with unflinching honesty about the triumphs of her greatest games and the anguish of difficult times. This book honors the individuals who sacrificed so much of their lives to represent Canada on a world stage and celebrates their individual contributions to the team's glory. While bringing the personalities of her teammates to life, Small takes the reader into the dressing rooms and onto the ice for an up-close glimpse into the ups and downs of athletes pursuing a sport's highest achievement."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Small, Sami Jo.; Hockey players; Hockey; Olympic athletes; Women hockey players; Women Olympic athletes;

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Make it count : my fight to become the first transgender Olympic runner / by Telfer, CeCé,author.;

"CeCé Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship, she has contended with transphobia on and off the track since childhood. Now, she stands at the crossroads of a national and international conversation about equity in sports, forced to advocate for her personhood and rights at every turn. After spending years training for the 2024 Olympics, Telfer has been sidelined and silenced more times than she can count. But she's never been good at taking no for an answer. Make it Count is Telfer's raw and inspiring story. From coming of age in Jamaica, where she grew up hearing a constant barrage of slurs, to beginning her new life in Toronto and then New Hampshire, where she realized what running could offer her, to living in the backseat of her car while searching for a coach, to Mexico, where she trained for the US Trials, this book follows the arc of Telfer's Olympic dream. This is the story of running on what feels like the edge of a knife, of what it means to compete when you're not just an athlete but treated like a walking controversy. But it's also the story of resilience and athleticism, of a runner who found a clarity in her sport that otherwise eluded her -- a sense of being simply alive on this earth, a human moving through space. Finally, herself"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Telfer, CeCé.; Olympic athletes; Track and field athletes; Transgender athletes; Transgender women; Women runners;

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The Avant-Guards. [graphic novel] / by Usdin, Carly,author.; Hayes, Noah,illustrator.; Bagnoli, Gabriele,illustrator.; Caballero, Lea,illustrator.; Bruni, Eleonora,colourist.; Dukeshire, Ed,letterer.;

"The final shot. Everything's happening--Liv and Charlie figuring out what it means to be Liv-and-Charlie, the final game of the season is here, and everyone's parents showed up to cheer them on during the most stressful time the team could imagine. It's Just A Lot For Everyone To Deal With. Luckily, the entire existence of the league doesn't depend on this one game or the Avant-Guards winning, right? Oh wait ..."--Back cover.

Subjects: Sports comics.; Graphic novels.; Basketball; Basketball players; Women athletes; Women college students; Dating (Social customs); Friendship;

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Outofshapeworthlessloser : a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out / by Gold, Gracie,1995-author.;

"In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to Teen Vogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift. But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off. In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold's public star was rising, her private life was falling apart: Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years with demanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll. Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating: the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health. Told with unflinching honesty and stirring defiance, Outofshapeworthlessloser is not only a forceful reckoning from a world-class athlete but also an intimate account of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gold, Gracie, 1995-; Eating disorders in women; Figure skaters; Women Olympic athletes; Women;

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Pillow talk [graphic novel] / by Cooke, Stephanie,1986-author.; Vargas, Mel Valentine,illustrator.;

When college freshman Grace Mendes reluctantly attends her first pillow fight match, she falls in love with the surprisingly gritty sport. Despite her usually shy, introverted, and reserved nature, Grace decides to try out for the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF), a locally famous league of fighters with larger-than-life personas like Pain Eyre, Miss Fortune, and champion Kat Atonic. They may battle with pillows, but there is nothing soft about these fighters. The first and only rule to pillow fighting is that the pillow needs to be the first point of contact; after that, everything else goes. Grace struggles with deep-seated body image issues, so she is especially shocked when she makes the competitive league and is welcomed into the fold of close knit, confident fighters. As her first official fight performing as newly crafted alter-ego/ring persona Cinderhella looms on the horizon, the real battle taking place is between Grace and her growing insecurities. What if people laugh or make fun of her? Why did she think she could pillow fight in the first place when she doesn't look like your "typical" athlete? Turns out, no one is laughing when Cinderhella dominates her first match in the ring. And as her alter-ego rises through the ranks of the PFF, gaining traction and online fame (and online trolls), can Grace use the spotlight to become an icon for not just others, but most importantly, for herself?

Subjects: Graphic novels.; College students; Women athletes; Body image; Body image; Self-confidence; Sports for women; Female friendship;

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The miracle season [videorecording] / by Hunt, Helen,1963-actor.; McNamara, Sean,1963-film director.; Moriarty, Erin,1994-actor.; Skovbye, Tiera,actor.; Cohen, David Aaron,screenwriter.; Matsueda, Elissa,screenwriter.; Elevation Pictures,publisher.; LD Entertainment,presenter.;

Helen Hunt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh.Based on a true story, a high school girls' volleyball team must pull together and compete after the sudden death of their star player.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Sports films.; Found, Caroline, 1994-2011; Female high school athletes; Teenagers; Women volleyball players;

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Catch the fair one [videorecording] / by Chu, Tiffany,actor.; Henshall, Daniel,1983-actor.; Reis, Kali,actor.; Wladyka, Josef Kubota,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;

Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery.Buffalo boxer Kaylee (Kali Reis, who co-wrote) retreated into a corner of drug dependency after the disappearance of her kid sister Weeta (Mainaku Borrero). Finding Weeta's picture in the online ad of a sex trafficking ring, she offers her services as a new worker to the creeps running the operation ... with the endgame of finding her sibling and then punching their way out. Intense effort also stars Kimberly Guerrero, Shelly Vincent, Kevin Dunn.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Boxing; Crime; Indigenous peoples; Missing persons; Sisters; Women boxers; Indigenous athletes;

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