The Best Women’s Sports Moments Of 2024

Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Sha'Carri Richardson and Coco Gauff. “It’s the investments of brands, the viewership of fans, places like ESPN putting it on TV, the availability, the programming and last but not least at all, it’s the performance of the athletes.” “We are finally seeing all of these things pulling in the same direction,” she added, “and it’s created this explosion of appreciation and consumption, and those things are only gonna grow.” As 2024 draws to a close, HuffPost looked back at iconic moments in women’s sports that helped define the year. But as I’ve gotten older and time has gone on in the league, the game has grown, and now we’re playing in front of sold-out crowds,” the Las Vegas Aces guard told HuffPost, adding that renewed interest in the WNBA has “been good for the league.” “It’s cool being a part of this growth,” she added, “and just seeing how the game has expanded and how many eyes we have on us.” Young was part of the winning U.S. women’s basketball team at the Paris Olympics this summer, a landmark event where the WNBA extended its gold medal streak with its eighth straight win and 61st straight Olympics victory overall. “It sounds cliché to say anything is possible, but I think future women’s basketball players can grow up believing they can be anyone they wanna be and be great on the court in whatever way that they can.” Simone Biles holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Versus two quads later, seeing her get out there and constantly verbalize in the media, ‘This is for me; this is not for anybody else but me’ … That’s growth if I’ve ever seen it.” In addition to Biles’ history-making comeback, Team USA’s women’s gymnastics team — which included Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera — also blew spectators away in Paris as they took home gold in the team final.