Understanding gender parity requires examining the distribution of opportunities in competitive events. At the upcoming Games, out of approximately 560 medal events, only about 235 are designated for women, indicating that less than 50% of the medal events are available to female athletes. This highlights the existing gap in gender representation in sports.
For the first time, a woman is playing on the US wheelchair rugby team at the Paralympics. It’s a sign of progress in the complicated arena of co-ed sports.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah with original reporting by Audrey Nelson, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Photo by Marco Mantovani/Getty Images.
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