Earlier that year, the Communist Party had taken control of Czechoslovakia with Soviet support. Shortly before the London Olympics, Provaznikova led 28,000 female gymnasts in a demonstration in Prague in support of former president Edvard Benes.
The Czechoslovak embassy said the Communist-led government in Prague had approved her decision to remain abroad, according to a New York Times article at the time. But Provaznikova said she was “a political refugee and proud of it”.
BJ Penn Dead or Alive? Following his release from the UFC, BJ Penn’s death hoax has gone viral on the internet. Let’s look into his broad details in this article.
Jay Dee “B.J.” Penn was born on December 13, 1978. He is an American professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.
Penn has competed in both K-1 and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Penn was the first American to win a gold medal at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
A BLM leader and professor at California State University in LA has been dragged out of a mayoral debate and had the police called on her.
Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African Studies who has been at the college for 20 years, was hauled out by around four members of campus security.
The 49-year-old claimed that she was kicked out because she did not have a ticket for the event.
A California man has been arrested for allegedly holding his girlfriend captive for a month in his home as he tortured and raped her. Saul Ortega, 29, was taken into custody during a raid on his Modesto home on Saturday after his 25-year-old girlfriend managed to escape and alert authorities. The victim was found with extensive injuries on her body, including burns and bruises, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. She told cops that Ortega had allegedly been holding her hostage for about a month.
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh has raised more than $50,000 for US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s grandmother — after the pol was slammed on Twitter for not helping her “abuela’’ enough.
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had tweeted a thread Thursday depicting the conditions of her grandmother’s home, which was damaged during Hurricane Maria in 2017 — taking aim at the Trump administration for blocking aid to Puerto Rico.
Walsh was among those quick to fire back at the progressive lawmaker, alleging she was allowing her grandmother to “suffer” in “squalid conditions” while she herself lived in posh comfort.