Women at the Olympic Games?
"Impractical, uninteresting, clumsy and, I have no hesitation in adding, inappropriate" was the opinion of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. The role of women at the Games, the French baron wrote in 1912, was primarily to "crown the winners".
Nine years later, in 2021, Monte Carlo hosted its first "Women's Olympic Games" and women's sport in Monaco established itself independently from 1924.
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Meet the men's team announced for the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2024 taking place in Rimini, Italy.
Leading the men’s senior team is Max Whitlock, who’s specialist skill on Pommel Horse and Parallel Bars will help establish the men’s team among the top in Europe. * * The British elite team will also continue to compete:
The national All-around champion Joe FRASER, World Vault Champion and British Floor, High Bar and Vault Champion, Jake JARMAN, British all-around bronze...