With a 50-50 ratio of male and female athletes, the International Olympic Committee is emphasizing that Paris 2024 will be the first gender-equal Games in history.
But is that bold claim grounded in reality?
Kaori Yamaguchi, a former Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) executive board member, doesn’t think so. The IOC is celebrating full gender parity on the field of play, but off the field — at the coaching and administrative level — it is still a man’s game.
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