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Former Olympians laud progress but say more needs to be done for equality in sports

Toni Waterman

02:39

The founding father of the modern Olympics never envisioned the Games including women - famously saying that it would be impractical, uninteresting, and improper. 

But through the decades tens of thousands of female athletes have proven that wrong. Now, for the first time in Olympic history, there are nearly as many female athletes participating as there are male. It’s a huge achievement, but female athletes see it as only the starting point. Toni Waterman reports from Paris.

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