Women athletes in the Olympic Games
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Women athletes in the Olympic Games traditionally have had fewer events to compete in, and while opportunities for women have increased in recent years, this still reflects the situation. For example, many events in the Summer Games remain closed to women. Events such as boxing, wrestling, equestrian, modern pentathlon, judo, and weightlifting are open to men only (Wallechinsky 183-204; 542-556, 560-576; 239-262; 364-369; 358-362; and 509-536). In addition, many sports have more events scheduled for men than for women. Sports such as cycling have seven events for men but only two events for women. Fencing has six events for men and only two for women. Canoeing is also another sport that short-changes women, with nine events for men and three events for women. Even in such as sport as shooting, men have six events and women have four, with two additional events scheduled for men and women combined (trap shooting and skeet shooting). In gymnastics and swimming, women fare better. In swimming, there are 19 events for both men and women. In gymnastics there are eight events for men and seven for women (Wallechinsky 424-491 and 315-351). Of the total number of events in the Summer Games of 1984, 164 were held for men, 74 for women, and eight were mixed events for men and women (Wallechinsky). In the Winter Games, a much smaller event, the biathlon, bobsled, toboggan are reserved for men. Women, however hold their own in the alpine skiing event with five events for th
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ches--not just athletes--who violate sporting ethics. While her colleagues did not approve her proposal, she believes it was important to bring this issue forward. The abuse of athletes by their coaches is a particularly sensitive topic for her--since she is a former athlete.
She has also spoken up at the IOC about maintaining a fair balance of women's sports in the Olympic program. Women's softball was not seen at Barcelona in 1992 because the IOC disallowed demonstration and exhibition sports there, and because a variety of arguments kept the sport off the regular program. de Frantz believes this is unfair because men's baseball is included in the Olympics.
Another women's event threatened with elimination is de Frantz's own, the women's eight in rowing, which is on shaky ground if fewer than 10 countries send teams. It would be a tremendous loss, according to de Frantz, but it is up to the international sports federations to develop their sports. Although she does not put her personal views before her duties, since she believes it is imperative to look at the Olympic movement as a whole, it is also important to keep sports on the program better suited to woman than men. Sports like synchronized swimming and rhythmic gy
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