Serena, LeBron among athletes celebrating International Women's Day on social media

Published Mar. 9, 2017 6:33 a.m. ET

Allyssa Lee

International Women's Day was observed far and wide on Wednesday with shows of support for females across the globe.

And the Day extended to the sports world as well, with Olympians like Aly Raisman and Simone Biles, Grand Slam superstars like Serena Williams and reigning champions Tom Brady and LeBron James all celebrating and supporting women on social media.

Here's a glimpse at what the athletes posted:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYI-5phfwU/?taken-by=alyraisman&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYQ1x6hPud/?taken-by=serenawilliams&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYd8jWhosy/?taken-by=tombrady&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZEz4FjRFa/?taken-by=simonebiles&hl=en

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/839542152879304705

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/839544494341177355

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYVBf5h-53/?taken-by=rondarousey&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYalRvhwU8/?taken-by=alexmorgan13&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZLU-Rh-wM/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYjYZcjAEI/?taken-by=ibtihajmuhammad&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZEFlxBbys/?taken-by=carowozniacki&hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZCng6D4tS/?taken-by=candaceparker&hl=en

https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova/status/839608554268971008

https://twitter.com/karagoucher/status/839590171603533824

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYM-E5h2F3/?taken-by=martellusb&hl=en

https://twitter.com/AshWagner2010/status/839626270975520768

https://twitter.com/LA2024/status/839618438582554624

https://twitter.com/TeamUSA/status/839615479962427392

https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune/status/839570988396249088