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By Aishwarya Samanta
The historical backdrop of women’s participation makes an extremely brutal image of gender discrimination as in the 1976 summer Olympics there were 0 female competitors while the 52 women contingent in the most recent Tokyo Olympics 2020 shows a way that the nation has stepped through to clear a path for women that matter.
“Inclusion, diversity and gender equality are integral components of the work of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),” represents the official statement released by IOC. The movement anticipates equal participation of both genders in the games by obscuring the lines between what was before known as a male-dominated affair is currently a phase set for women as well, it will be 49% of women who are competing in various games.
Mirabai Chanu won India’s first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after clinching silver in the women’s 49 kg event
Indian fans are strictly rooting for each major part of the competition. From 5 am, fans are stuck to their TV screens cheering for India. A massive surreal sense waved across the nation when Mirabai Chanu sacked a silver medal in weightlifting. The whole nation emitted with delight. Social media was exploding with acclaims for Mirabai Chanu.
While the world took on its own conflict for gender equality at the Olympics, India battled with their own, also. However, the occasions have absolutely improved as the many years passed – from PT Usha to Karnam Malleswari, Sania Mirza to Geeta Phogat or Sakshi Malik or Saina Nehwal to PV Sindhu or Mary Kom – Indian women have been making their own set of experiences at the Olympics and have effectively broken the unfair limitation.
P V Sindhu gifts India the 2nd medal in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020
In India, however, the whole world additionally participated in accepting that if women played games, they were messing with their regular ‘womanliness’ and their ‘charm’, for quite a while. While it is unreasonable to say that such discrimination is totally missing even presently, a ton of progress and a great deal of re-definition have occurred to temper such legends and restrictions prior to dispersing them completely. Women, with their sheer internal strength and tranquil conviction, have struggled past numerous hard-set obstructions, breaking them into pieces, by setting out to go where they were never expected to wander.
Eminently, the women saved the pride of India at the Rio Games where the nation just caught hold of 2 medals – both won by women: silver medal for P V Sindhu in Badminton and bronze medal for Sakshi Malik in Wrestling.
Indian women’s hockey team qualified for the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, beating three-time champions Australia
The most recent talk here is the means by which women have been dominating in the big showdown Tokyo Olympics. Record quantities of accomplishments have been conceivable and are being made in light of eclipsing women in sports. Be it Mirabai Chanu who sacked a silver medal in weightlifting to P.V. Sindhu who procured a bronze in badminton or the most recent women hockey team in the semifinal rounds of the title is no not exactly a silver spoon which the nation has. The whole nation is glad for its women and their record sparkling performance.
Lovlina Borgohain punched her way into the women’s welterweight (69kg) boxing semifinal guaranteeing her a bronze
Tokyo Olympics 2020 has been a development so far with a record number of stereotypes and restrictions appended to the game have been worn off be it the female participation or the clothing regulation of women in the games addresses those women are not for just skills and sports but rather for their brain and thought when they decide to wear anything they desire while adhering to the rules. For a fresh start radiating body inclusivity and body positivity, disposing of the bikini suits, the gymnastic teams of Germany carried on themselves in full body suits, advancing freedom of choice and solace.
