C'wealth Birmingham 2022

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BBC's call of the 1500m

 

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The Aussie women are still outperforming the men in so many sports.
Why is Australia unique in this regard?

 

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The Aussie women are still outperforming the men in so many sports.
Why is Australia unique in this regard?

We're not unique. Its because women get equal funding like the men for these Olympic sports in Oz, and with a smaller population than the bigger nations we have too many football codes pulling away talented males.

In Olympics the African, east European and Asian nations the men get the majority funding.

We have 4 football codes that share the talent pool. Most countries only have one or two.

If the AFL and NRL offer fulltime professional opportunities to women by 2026 and $100,000+ salaries and the Olympic sports can only offer AIS type scholarships and not much money, then the women's medal dominance over males will decrease every 4 year cycle.

The US college system under Title IX legislation that celebrated 50 year anniversary this year said US unis only got federal government funding if there was equality in sports funding in the unis' between the genders and sports programs. It why US women have been producing more medals than the men. A lot of western nations that give equal funding see their women win more than the men on a regular basis.

USA medals last 3 summer Olympics

2020 Tokyo US medals

Total	39	41	33	113	100%
Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	23	22	21	66	58.4%
Male	16	15	10	41	36.3%
Mixed	0	4	2	6	5.3%

2016 Rio US medals

Total	46	37	38	121	100%
Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	27	17	17	61	50.4%
Male	18	18	20	56	46.3%
Mixed	1	2	1	4	3.3%

2012 London US medals

Medals by gender
Total	47	27	30	104	100%
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	29	14	15	58	55.8%
Male	18	13	14	45	43.3%
Mixed	0	0	1	1	0.9%

Birmingham 2022 Results

Detailed Results for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with live medals, schedules, reports and more.

results.birmingham2022.com

 

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Some videos of the last 2 days of athletics

Men's and women's 200m









Men's and women's 40m

 

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Some videos of the last 2 days of athletics

Men's and women's 800m









Men's and women's 1500m

 

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Some videos of the last 2 days of athletics

Men's and women's 4 x 100m








Men's and women's 4 x 400m

 

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Some videos of the last 2 days of athletics

Men's and women's 5000m

 

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Some videos of the last 2 days of athletics

Men's and women's 400m hurdles






Men's 3000 steeplechase and women's 100m hurdles