Fabbs
07-30-2012, 01:08 PM
According to Belinda Goldsmith of Reuters, there are two sports in which men are shut out of competition in which women compete for medals:
Men have called for action after being ruled out from competing at two events at the Summer Olympics, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, even though there are growing numbers of men participating in both sports.
A lobby group of male synchronized swimmers wrote to the IOC and swimming's governing body FINA in June to argue that men should no longer be excluded from this event at the Olympics.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/summer-olympic-sports-where-men-barred-competing-213734571--oly.html
Men have called for action after being ruled out from competing at two events at the Summer Olympics, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, even though there are growing numbers of men participating in both sports.
A lobby group of male synchronized swimmers wrote to the IOC and swimming's governing body FINA in June to argue that men should no longer be excluded from this event at the Olympics.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/summer-olympic-sports-where-men-barred-competing-213734571--oly.html