Australia has fielded 3,556 male athletes between the first Games and the London 2012 Olympics, far eclipsing the 1,771 women. That represents a 45% female contingent, roughly in line with the overall figures.
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When he broke the world record in the 100 meter breaststroke, his granny tweeted: “What race oooo I’m so proud he’s a gladiator well done”, and stamped it with the nation’s flag. While encouraging, it’s worth noting that the summer games are still playing host to some odd gender-based discrepancies.
The Chinese have shown just as strong a proclivity in swimming and shooting as the U.S. Minxia Wu and Tingmao Shi claimed the women’s synchronized three-meter springboard for gold, and Mengxue Zhang won the women’s 10-meter air pistol competition.
Having won medals at the Asian Games (gold and bronze in Incheon 2014), Commonwealth Games (gold in Glasgow 2014), World Cup (two gold, three silver and one bronze) and World Championships (silver in Granada 2014), the “village lad” Jitu has made rapid strikes since the last Olympics.
Canada’s Penny Oleksiak has produced both her and her country’s second medal of the Rio Games in as many days. The Yahoo-NBC Sports partnership has been a win-win and we are delighted to extend it to include these Rio Olympics..
American Katie Ledecky swims in semifinals in the women’s 400 meter freestyle on Sunday – and the world record holder looks to be a lock for the final.
“I’m 30 years old and swimming nearly faster than I ever have before”, he warned, letting everyone know that he is hungry to add to his record tally of Olympic titles and medals.
The U.S. men face Venezuela and the women take on Spain. USA women’s rugby sevens? Japan was next-closest in London, bagging 11 medals, though zero were gold. International Olympic Committee President Thoma …
“The leadership of the (Greek) Olympic team in Rio announces the positive first sample of a member of the team during drugs testing conducted in early July in Athens”, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) said of the unnamed competitor.
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“Some of the events had massive crowds and massive atmosphere”, Andrada said. The Olympics highlight the fact that all of the people on the earth – though some are rich and some are poor, or some are struggling in ways others could never imagine – are still people, and they are often interested in chasing similar pursuits or similar goals.
