“I hope [it] encourages just one young girl at home to give it a shot and feel like this sport belongs to her too,” she continued.
Gu wasn’t the only guest walking the red carpet that evening who expressed excitement at the rise in women’s sports.
“Visibility is huge,” she said. “To be able to be represented, and [for] people to show up and be a part of what we’re doing is just so incredible.”
In April, more than 18,000 spectators piled into Madison Square Garden to watch the Seattle Torrent, then-captained by Knight, play against the New York Sirens—the highest single match attendance for a women’s hockey game in a U.S. arena.
“I truly believe that sport can unite people like nothing else, and it’s just so special to be a part of that,” Knight said.
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