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Vote for Your Favorite Athletes at the Teen Choice Awards

This year’s Teen Choice Awards will take place August 10 on FOX tv. The awards show which celebrates the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion is now open for voting. There are 11 female athletes nominated for this year’s award:

For Choice Female Athlete the choices are:

Shawn Johnson (also nominated for Choice Female Reality/Variety Show Star)
Nastia Liukin
Danica Patrick
Kerri Walsh and Misty May Treanor
Serena Williams

For Female Action Sports Athlete the nominees are:

Gretchen Bleiler (Snowboarding)
Torah Bright (Snowboarding)
Stephanie Gilmore (Surfing)
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins (Skateboarding)
Carissa Moore (Surfing)

You can vote daily from now until the awards show, so cast your vote for your favorite athlete (and movie, tv show, etc)!

Women’s Sports Foundation Celebrates Title IX Anniversary at the White House

Today is the 37th Anniversary of the Title IX – the legislation that has been so monumental in womens’ and girls’ sports participation. In celebration, the Women’s Sports Foundation will be holding a live roundtable discussion at the White House. You can join it live at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/.

Additionally, the WSF put together a video featuring seven outstanding female athletes (like Natalie Coughlin and Jennie Finch) in celebration of Title IX’s anniversary:

Opportunities in sports are so important for our girls! The lessons they learn through sports make them such better citizens, develops self esteem, fitness, and empowers them in all aspects of their lives.

How has Title IX benefited your participation in sports?

In celebration of Title IX, I would like to share some of my favorite women’s sports websites with you:

Shawn Johnson Participating in the World’s Biggest Bed Jump

Now doesn’t this sound right up Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson’s (and every kid I know) alley? Today (May 7, 2009) Shawn and thousands of others in Shanghai, Paris, London and New York are going to participate in the World’s Biggest Bed Jump on the World’s Biggest Bed to help set the record for the world’s biggest bed-jump and mark IHG hotel group’s five million free nights giveaway.

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The jump in Shanghai has already occurred. Chinese trampolinist, Jiang Yi Qi, who was the 2008 Trampoline World Cup Champion was one of the jumpers. (Photo Flickr) The London jump featured Team GB Olympic gymnasts Jaime Moore & James Higgins.

Check the World Biggest Bed Jump site for more photos of Shawn Johnson and others from around the world as they try to set records and help promote the IHG Priority Club free nights giveaway.

UPDATED: Here is the YouTube video of Shawn kicking off the NYC Bed Jump.

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