Women competed for the first time at the 1900 Games in Paris. Of a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf. The IOC is committed to ...
I once lost half an hour standing waist-deep in a lagoon ... to see women playing a game of bashi on the sports field, you might even get invited into someone’s home for a cup of tea,” says Harvey.