Which four?

The Williams sisters are obvious.

Kournikova, Strug, Kerrigan, and Harding I know just from having grown up in America in the 90s. They were all very famous for very, very different reasons.

Clark is super famous right now, as is Biles. Biles is more famous by me because she’s from my home city. Ledecky I know because my family follows Olympic swimming. Kwan’s name just stuck in my brain for some reason.

If I had to think of an eleventh athlete, it’d take me a while. There’s another gymnast I could come up with, I’m sure. That really old one.

If we count retired athletes and Olympic sports then I can just barely get there:

• Venus Williams
• Serena Williams
• Anna Kournikova
• Kerri Strug
• Nancy Kerrigan
• Tonya Harding
• Michele Kwan
• Simone Biles
• Katie Ledecky
• Caitlin Clark

So now I get to talk about trans women in sports!

Um… yeah. I don’t know. Whatever the solution is, I think it should be handled with empathy and respect for trans rights.

While we’re at it, the abortion debate should be settled by people who can actually get abortions.

No good. They might think of Venus and Serena Williams.

10 is safer to make the point.