{"id":2043,"date":"2024-02-15T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:41:03","slug":"riley-gaines-surprisingly-awarded-woman-of-the-year-title-beating-megan-rapinoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=2043","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines Surprisingly Awarded \u201cWoman of the Year\u201d Title, Beating Megan Rapinoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a rather unexpected turn of events, the prestigious title of \u201cWoman of the Year\u201d has been bestowed upon Riley Gaines, a former swimmer from Kentucky and a rising conservative commentator. To the surprise of many, all nine judges reached a unanimous decision in her favor.<\/p>\n<p>While Riley\u2019s achievements in championing women\u2019s rights are noteworthy, this outcome deviated from expectations, as soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe was considered a strong contender for the title. Joe Barron, the Chair of the Nominating Committee, clarified that Rapinoe wasn\u2019t seriously considered for the award. Barron remarked, \u201cHer name did appear among the finalists, but so did Lia Thomas and Simone Biles. One has faced criticism for stepping away from competition, and the other\u2026 well, you know. Riley was ultimately the most logical choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a rather unexpected turn of events, the prestigious title of \u201cWoman of the Year\u201d has been bestowed upon Riley Gaines, a former swimmer from Kentucky and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}