{"id":9103,"date":"2018-10-31T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T08:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2019-08-02T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:50:59","slug":"best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Braided Hairstyles In Olympic History"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Olympics are the world\u2019s greatest showcase for sporting excellence, as well as athletes\u2019 cultural identity. Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat and humidity, while also adding some flair to their game. Regardless of your skills on the field or the courts, check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.<\/p>\n

1. Basketball Locs<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"Basketball
Courtesy: USA Today<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American basketball player, Brittney Griner is the only American professional basketball player to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. She is also known for her stunning court style, which feature her signature honey-hued locs.<\/p>\n

2. Track And Field Cornrows<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"Track
Courtesy: Track And Field News<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A triple jump specialist, Keturah Orji knows the importance of a good braided hairstyle when it comes to keeping her big, beautiful hair out of her face during competitive events. This athlete is partial to her cornrows and Ghana braids, which work beautifully to keep your hair protected and dry. Try Darling\u2019s Super Soft\u00a0to add more volume, body and style to your braided look.<\/p>\n

3. Tennis Beads<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"Tennis
Courtesy: Medium<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An legendary tennis star and proud natural hair-wearer, Serena Williams has often sparked important conversations about afro hair, thanks to her beaded, braided looks. While her opponents stuck to basic boring ponytails, Serena has rocked beads, braids and her cultural heritage consistently both on and off the field. Rock her bold style with Darling\u2019s Super Star Ombre<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get great vibrancy while flaunting your protective style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat and humidity, while also adding some flair to their game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[115],"tags":[320,321,322,323,324],"yoast_head":"\nBest Braided Hairstyles For Athletes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Braided Hairstyles For Athletes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Darling Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-31T08:24:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-02T13:50:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Darling Nigeria\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg\",\"width\":370,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"Best Braided Hairstyles In Olympic History\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/\",\"name\":\"Best Braided Hairstyles For Athletes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-31T08:24:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-02T13:50:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddcab7c682cb96b409ec09305f25776d\"},\"description\":\"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Best Braided Hairstyles In Olympic History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddcab7c682cb96b409ec09305f25776d\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f838f43c47c5e1df1cba62f2bdf7f42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f838f43c47c5e1df1cba62f2bdf7f42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Best Braided Hairstyles For Athletes","description":"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Best Braided Hairstyles For Athletes","og_description":"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/","og_site_name":"Darling Nigeria","article_published_time":"2018-10-31T08:24:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-08-02T13:50:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":370,"height":280,"url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/","name":"Darling Nigeria","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Best-Braided-Hairstyles-In-Olympic-History-new-2.jpg","width":370,"height":280,"caption":"Best Braided Hairstyles In Olympic History"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/","name":"Best Braided Hairstyles For Athletes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2018-10-31T08:24:34+00:00","dateModified":"2019-08-02T13:50:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddcab7c682cb96b409ec09305f25776d"},"description":"Over the years, these amazing women have used braids creatively to beat the heat, while also adding some flair to their game. Check out these iconic hairstyles for some inspiration to up your style game.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/hair-trends\/best-braided-hairstyles-in-olympic-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Best Braided Hairstyles In Olympic History"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ddcab7c682cb96b409ec09305f25776d","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f838f43c47c5e1df1cba62f2bdf7f42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f838f43c47c5e1df1cba62f2bdf7f42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9103"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9972,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9103\/revisions\/9972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingafrica.com\/nigeria\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}