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Nneka Ogwumike in downtown Los Angeles.
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‘The time for being grateful has passed’: Nneka Ogwumike, Simone Biles, Mikaela Shiffrin and a new generation of athletes are no longer satisfied with the status quo.

Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike has been the representative for WNBA players’ fight for better pay

Nneka Ogwumike always thought she would be a doctor. Instead, she became a professional basketball player — and president of the WNBA’s union.

Claressa Shields’ message to teenagers is more powerful than her devastating right cross

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Ashleigh Johnson at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Ashleigh Johnson hopes to draw more black women to aquatics

One of the few non-Californians on the U.S. women’s water polo team, she was a goalkeeper on the squad that won the 2015 world championship and the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

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*******DO NOT USE***** FOR WOMENS SPECIAL SECTION RUNNING MARCH 8********SAN CLEMENTE-CA-NOVEMBER 12, 2019: Caroline Marks is photographed in San Clemente on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Caroline Marks fought to keep up with her older brothers. Now she’s making surfing history

Scout Bassett at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego.

Paralympian Scout Bassett: Fighting for sports equality and redefining ‘beauty’

Lilly King at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center at Indiana University.

Brash? Cocky? Swimmer Lilly King is outspoken and hopes other women will join her

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Lizzie Armanto portrait
Lizzie Armanto is at Garvanza Skate Park in Los Angeles.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Lizzie Armanto’s after-school options were ‘the skate park or the library’; now she’s a Tony Hawk protégé

As Lizzie Armanto continues to climb the ranks of skateboarding, she hopes to raise awareness about the realities of inequality for women in sports.

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Credits

Photography: Christina House

Photo editing: Sammy Jo Hester, Mary Cooney
Writers: Helene Elliott, Mary McNamara, David Wharton, Nathan Fenno, Kevin Baxter, Tania Ganguli, Jack Harris, Victoria Hernandez, Stephen Battaglio, James F. Peltz
Story editors: Alice Short, Mike Hiserman, Kelli Sullivan
Copy editors: Tim Trepany, Evita Timmons, Andre Vergara, Fernando Dominguez, P.K. Daniel, Steve Horn, Nick Leyva, Matt Tustison, Curtis Zupke, Jim Buzinski
Video production: Nani Sahra Walker, Claire Collins
Video thumbnails: Allison Hong
Interactive timeline: Rahul Mukherjee
Production: Courtney Lewis, Christian Orozco, Lora Victorio
Audience Engagement: Fidel Martinez, Adriana Lacy, Christina Schoellkopf, Louisa Frahm
Research: Michael Darling

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