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06-10-2017, 07:16 AM
The 2020 Olympics will have more mixed-gender events than ever
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Female athletes will have the most opportunities to compete yet in the 2020 Olympic Games — both with other female athletes and with male athletes.*
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved (https://www.olympic.org/news/tokyo-2020-event-programme-to-see-major-boost-for-female-participation-youth-and-urban-appeal) a program for the Tokyo Games that features 18 mixed-gender events, double the amount from the Rio Olympics in 2016.*
SEE ALSO: Say hello to your favorite 2032 Olympic swimmer, Boomer Phelps (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/boomer-phelps-training-2032-olympics/)
Some of the mixed-gender events (where men and women will compete in mixed-gendered teams) will include swimming and track relays, a triathlon team relay, table tennis, judo, cycling, and fencing team events. Additionally, a number of other events have been shifted to women's or mixed, in an effort to promote more gender equality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/09/olympics-2020-gender-balance/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Female athletes will have the most opportunities to compete yet in the 2020 Olympic Games — both with other female athletes and with male athletes.*
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved (https://www.olympic.org/news/tokyo-2020-event-programme-to-see-major-boost-for-female-participation-youth-and-urban-appeal) a program for the Tokyo Games that features 18 mixed-gender events, double the amount from the Rio Olympics in 2016.*
SEE ALSO: Say hello to your favorite 2032 Olympic swimmer, Boomer Phelps (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/boomer-phelps-training-2032-olympics/)
Some of the mixed-gender events (where men and women will compete in mixed-gendered teams) will include swimming and track relays, a triathlon team relay, table tennis, judo, cycling, and fencing team events. Additionally, a number of other events have been shifted to women's or mixed, in an effort to promote more gender equality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/09/olympics-2020-gender-balance/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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