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kdmorris

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5. Mainly due to their being more females in the "big teams"

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:02 AM

Jul 2012

The US team had more females than males and I think Great Britain did, too.

I loved watching some of the countries that had never sent women to the Olympics before come into the stadium during the opening ceremonies. The women on those teams looked so proud and thrilled to be there. It brought tears to my eyes.

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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