Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis said Monday that female athletes deserve fair and equal pay and criticized President Donald Trump for being 'racist' and 'misogynistic'
1 / 2Peru Pan Am GamesNine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, from the United States, speaks during a press conference during the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Lewis said that if it wasn't for his mother, who competed in the first Pan Am Games in 1951, he would have never chosen athletics.
"If I didn't have a strong woman in my life, I wouldn't be sitting here today," he said at a press conference with Leroy Burrell, a former world record-holder in the 100 meters."My mother was a pioneer." "The reality is that there's a lot of prejudice, and a lot of prejudice is fear," he said."We're afraid to give the same opportunity because it gives us a leg up ... the reality is that it's no different than another athlete on another team. So, yes, I support that.""There are a lot of issues going on," he said."We have a racist president, who is prejudiced, and misogynistic, who doesn't value anyone outside of himself. ...
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