While Team USA walked away as the country with the most medals at —the real winners were all the amazingly beautiful and insanely talented Black women in the track and field sport. From gold medalists like (pictured above, who has a master’s degree in epidemiology from Harvard by the way) to silver medalists like Anna Cockrell whose smile could launch a thousand ships—we felt it fitting to take a look at the lethal face cards that graced Paris and our TV screens over the last few weeks. 2 / 15 Alexis Holmes Alexis Holmes Team USA’s Alexis Holmes has a sort of 90's baddie fineness to her that is completely refreshing and I am absolutely obsessed with her.
3 / 15 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Not only is help bring home the gold for the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay, but she brought home gold individually at the Women’s 400m Hurdles and broke her own world record. A baddie with speed? I stan! 4 / 15 Anna Cockrell Anna Cockrell The only thing that could compete with the beauty of Team USA’s Anna Cockrell’s silver medal? Her pearly white and infectious smile. That’s the face men used to go to war over and you can’t convince me otherwise.
5 / 15 Sha’Carri Richardson Sha’Carri Richardson Team USA’s consistently giving us fire photo finishes and looking good while doing it? 10/10, no notes! 6 / 15 Tara Davis-Woodhall Tara Davis-Woodhall Black girls do Long Jumps! And if you needed proof, watching Team USA’s should be the jumpstart you need .