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Thread #44099   Message #648964
Posted By: Wolfgang
13-Feb-02 - 05:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Censored ice skating
Subject: RE: BS: Censored ice skating
I am completely uninterested in figure skating, but:

CapriUni:
BTW, the equestrian sports are the only ones not divided into "men's" and "women's" divisions -- either for the four-leggeds or the two-leggeds ;-)>

That's more or less correct, I'll focus on the 'less' aspect for I am fond of exceptions and trivia.

For non-Olympic sports, you have forgotten at least racing (car and motorbike). E.g. last year for the first time ever a woman has won the ralley Paris - Dakar. There was the odd woman competing in Formula 1 and last year there was a woman competing in motorbike worldcup. Chess may be mentioned as well (if you consider it a sport) the best women compete with the men though there is a women only championship.

As for Olympic sports, there are two other sports beside the equestrian I know of in which women have competed with men. The first one should be obvious though somehow it doesn't come to mind: in rowing, the position of the coxswain has more than once been filled by a woman with no little success. Sailing is the second example. There are now Olympic sailing races for women, but for many decades there only has been sailing without mentioning the gender. Inge Trine Elvstr6oslash;m might come to mind who ended 4th in 1984 Tornado sailing with her famous father.

As for Olympic trivia, Georg Hackl two days ago became the third athlete ever to win at least one medal at each of five Olympic winter games. That's a second place in the 'competition' longest medal career shared with many other athletes (most from the summer games). So far only two athletes have brought home at least one medal from six different games.

Wolfgang