GENDER EQUALITY AT THE HEART OF PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which are centred on gender equality and youth.

Boxing

The second highest reduction was made in boxing. At the same time, the sport will reach full gender equality in athlete participation for the first time at Paris 2024, fostering a gender-balanced programme featuring seven men’s and six women’s events, with the specific weight classes to be finalised by the IOC EB in the fourth quarter of 2021.

“With this programme, we are making the Olympic Games Paris 2024 fit for the post-corona world. We are further reducing the cost and complexity of hosting the Games. While we will achieve gender equality already at the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, we will see for the first time in Olympic history the participation of the exact same number of female athletes as male athletes. There is also a strong focus on youth,” said IOC President Thomas Bach.

186 men will compete at the Tokyo Olympics across eight weights next summer and 100 women across five limits.

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