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Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

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Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Ysaora THIBUS

Ysaora

When Ysaora Thibus became the world foil champion in 2022, she was featured on the front page of l’Équipe, France’s biggest sports daily.
“But in the traditional media, I realised that the visibility of women in sport was quite low,” recalled the 31-year-old fencer.
To confront those types of issues,

Romane Dicko, Magda Wiet-Hénin, Ysaora Thibus and Cassandre Beaugrand at an Essentielle Stories shoot

Ysaora Thibus: "Concrete action" needed to move forward with gender equality 

Whether it is issues related to representation, visibility, support or salaries, imbalances still exist between men and women in society. And sport is no exception.
On International Women’s Day (8 March), Olympics.com are highlighting women who have been fighting to redress this imbalance in the world of sport.
In the

Cleopatre Darleux of Team France and Serena Williams of Team USA

International Women's Day 2023: From Serena Williams to Cléopâtre Darleux, the initiatives of female athletes contributing to gender equality in sport

The Olympic medallist explains how she's helping female athletes through her online platform 'Essentielle Stories': "The idea for me was to give a voice to other female athletes, something that maybe I haven't always had in my career, ensure that there is visibility and media coverage around their performances, but also around the women behind these performance," she said in an exclusive interview.

Ysaora Thibus

French fencing star Ysaora Thibus: How I'm giving a voice to women in sports

What’s happening today?
It's the second day of the fencing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Games and the action starts at 9am (local) at the Makuhari Messe Hall B in Chiba Prefecture with individual tables in the women's individual foil and men's individual épée, followed by the quarterfinals.
The evening

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10:  Inna Deriglazova of Russia and her coach celebrate victory over Elisa di Francisca of Italy following the women's individual foil gold medal bout on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 10, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Inna Deriglazova 

Tokyo 2020 fencing day 2:  Reigning Olympic champions go for gold again in women's individual foil and men's individual épée

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