A hundred years after Paris last hosted the Games, when 135 women and 2,954 men competed, the 2024 Olympics will be the first to feature an equal distribution of quota places between female and male athletes. This historic milestone is the result of a century of relentless advocacy and struggle for gender equality in sports, a legacy that future generations must continue to uphold.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics will be a landmark moment in sports history, as it will host 10,500 athletes, with just as many women as men for the first time ever.