Should Women's Soccer Have Different Rules? / Is African Cycling Finally On The Rise?
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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The Challenge Is the Same in Sports
In shotpot, for ace, men use a weight that is almost twice as heavy as women. Unite, seven point two, six kilograms for men, four kilograms for womener. The javelin is 800 grams for men, 600 for women. Hammer uses the same weight as the shot discus, is two kilogram men and one kilogram woman. Why do some sports go that way of different rules and equipment and others don't? And you know, ther've been debates recently about cross country. I know now at the world champs, the men and the women do ten cas. It used to be 12 for men, aight for women. There's no reason
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