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DURHAM D

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3. Two more facts-

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 09:24 PM

Jul 2012

As the result of elections earlier this week the IOC has 3 female members. It is the first time that many women have been on the committee at one time.

However, I dug a little deeper and found that it is a 15 member board so that actually totally sucks.

Another fact - for the first time the US delegation has more women than men. Title IX

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For the first time in Olympic history all participating teams will have female atheletes [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 OP

Wow. A cool fact. n/t Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #1

I think 'participating countries' is more accurate. Tx4obama Jul 2012 #2

Two more facts- DURHAM D Jul 2012 #3

For the first time, female athletes outnumber male athletes obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #4

Mainly due to their being more females in the "big teams" kdmorris Jul 2012 #5

Me too -- including the Iraqi runner obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #6

awesome! Whisp Jul 2012 #7