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An agent of change does not have to be loud to be powerful.<\/p>\n

A pair of hands, a couple of knitting needles and a little ball of bit of yarn is all it took Tom Daley\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to shake the foundations of gender stereotypes and send ripples all over the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

A week after his top of the podium performance at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, 27 yr old Great Britain diver Tom Daley<\/em><\/strong>, was spotted knitting in the stands while watching the women\u2019s 3m springboard diving final. The overwhelming response to the image flooded the internet and in possibly one of the sweetest of ways, the athlete metamorphosed into an influencer and an agent of social change after being associated with a verb – ‘knitting’, which happens to have been a heavily gender loaded term thus far.<\/p>\n\n

But fossicking around history reveals that knitting is believed to be originated as a local industry in Scotland which interestingly, in its inception days, employed men in factories to knit stockings which were exported all across Europe. In spite of this, tangling of colorful yarns and making a wearable out of it has always been a feminine thing. Tom Daley perhaps creatively exploited an escape from the routine to craft an antithesis.<\/p>\n

However, Tom Daley asserted that learning to knit and crochet helped him cope up with Olympics stress. At present, his Instagram account @madewithlovebytomdaley<\/em><\/strong> is exclusively\u00a0dedicated to knitting and has more than three lakh followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

But the saga of Tom Daley<\/strong> isn’t merely about knitting or breaking gender steriotypes. Tom\u2019s \u2018Golden\u2019 tryst with destiny was actually a watershed moment as he was only the second openly gay man in Summer Olympic history to win a gold.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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Tom Daley with his gold and knitted pouch – Pic Credit: Tom Daley\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom used the opportunity to inspire waves of confidence in the LGBTQI+community. He said \u201c<\/em><\/strong>I hope that any young LGBT person out there can see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone, and you can achieve anything.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man\u00a0and also\u00a0an Olympic Champion.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Interestingly, Tokyo Olympics also marks the highest ever number of participations from LGBTQ+ community. Number stood around 180.\u00a0New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard shuttled herself into Olympic history as the first openly transgender women to compete in the Games.<\/p>\n\n

This is not however the first time that the Olympic podium has given the society some hard reality checks. Time and again, athletes have famously protested against prejudices and overlooked atrocities in different parts of the globe. Researcher Jill Timms<\/strong> writes, \u201cThe Olympic Games, with its distinctive\u00a0ethos\u00a0and reach, offers a valuable opportunity for those able to\u00a0mobilise\u00a0it as a platform.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Till the early half of 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century, birth of a child was seen as an impediment to athletic performance of women. In 1948 London Summer Olympics, mother of a boy, Dutch athlete\u00a0Fanny\u00a0Blankers-Koen<\/em><\/strong> defied the odds to win 4 gold medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An athlete\u00a0who according to British athletics team manager was \u201ctoo old to make the grade\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, eventually made her way to sporting history with the nickname ‘The Flying Housew<\/em><\/strong>ife’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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1968 Mexico summer Olympics too witnessed what, till date, remains the most sensational podium finish moments in terms of its advocacy value.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0In medal event of 200 m race, American athletes\u00a0Tommie Smith<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jhon Carlos<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0both raised their gloved hands in the Black Power Salute.\u00a0They received their medals wearing black socks and no shoes to\u00a0highlight the impoverished state of African Americans. The silver\u00a0medalist, white Australian athlete,\u00a0Peter Norman<\/em><\/strong> too, adorned a human rights badge on his shirt during the ceremony to show his support to the two Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Trends beyond Gold: Tokyo 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Laurence Griffiths\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Tokyo 2021, advocacy found an exceptional abode when one of the most decorated Gymnasts in sporting history, Simone Biles<\/em><\/strong> withdrew from\u00a0women\u2019s all-around gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics owing to\u00a0mental health.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe also have to focus on ourselves, because at the end of the day we\u2019re human, too\u2026So, we have to protect our mind and our body, rather than just go out there and do what the world wants us to do,\u201d. <\/em>-Simone Biles\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The bold move is seen as path-breaking especially in times of a global pandemic where experts have confirmed about a silent march of mental health crisis with a global footprint.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Biles received huge support cutting across nations. American actor Jared Padalecki<\/em>\u00a0tweeted\u00a0\u201cY<\/em><\/strong>ou\u2019ve shown us that your mind is even stronger, on the most public of stages. You just helped countless people learn that mental health is more valuable than any medal.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Harry Garside coloring boxing ring – Pic Credit: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another\u00a0toss to stereotypes was anchored by Australian boxer Harry Garside<\/em><\/strong> who painted his nails in rainbow\u00a0colours\u00a0to empower people, irrespective of their sexuality, for expressing\u00a0themselves without worrying about\u00a0objections and thoughts. He said,\u00a0\u201cThere are a lot of people out there who feel like they have to be something because they’re a male or a female. I am all about just being\u00a0different.”<\/strong> In\u00a0a predominantly male sport like boxing this gesture certainly added some\u00a0gender-neutral\u00a0punch\u00a0into the global boxing ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In a quest to crash another sexist ceiling, German Gymnastics Federation<\/em><\/strong> made a statement against the \u201csexualization in gymnastics\u201d<\/strong><\/em> by resorting to full length unitards against the bikini-cut leotards which have been used since 1970’s. “We hope gymnasts uncomfortable in the usual outfits will feel emboldened to follow our example”, says German gymnast Sarah Voss<\/em><\/strong> in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF.<\/p>\n

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Wearing full length unitards to protest sexualisation in Gymnastics – Pic Credit: Instagram<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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The modalities of gender expressionism are a form of cultural conditioning through ages, confirming to which becomes a precondition for being considered ‘normal<\/em>‘ among peers. It is heartening to see that the normal is being redefined, that too at the biggest stag for this planet, The Olympic games.<\/p>\n

On International Women\u2019s Day 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Tokyo 2020 will be the first ever gender balanced<\/em> Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

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In adherence to the commitment, participating teams were provided with the option of naming joint flag bearers in the opening ceremony, which also witnessed Olympic Cauldron being lit by the Japanese Tennis sensation Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n

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The symbolism of the actions, under the brightest spotlight on the planet has the potential to snowball into agents of social change that could, and should help change the course of human evolution for better.<\/p>\n

Edited by : NK Jha<\/strong><\/p>\n

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