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英伦广角 2009-09-27 呼吁运动场上的性别平等

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Championship races, two world titles up for grabs but one big difference: the crowd. It seems sport is the last bastion of sexism and cycling is no different. At the World Road Championships this week, the woman's time trial event attracted around a third of the number of supporters as the man's. For those campaigning for change, it's been an uphill struggle.

I did put the effort in. I, you know, wasn't sitting on the sofa with my feet up like all my rivals. After training, I was thinking about this problem, this concept, and putting effort into contacting the UCI, working with this women's commission. But I came up against a brick wall. And I realize that, you know, it will take my energy and drain me. So I might as well say, "Okay, stop." I have tried.

When the major man's road races and tours bring masses of fans and financial investments, woman cycling tends to be a lonelier affair. Less media exposure means less sponsorship. And it's not just in the world of road racing1.

The relative lack of support from the public is hardly surprising given the lack of support from the top. Last month, the sports governing body had requested for more female events. The Olympics turned down, meaning come 2012 women will still only be able to win fewer than half the number of medals of their male counterparts. And the inequality in cycling looks set to continue.

And the problem, according to some, comes from within the sport. The International Cycling Union could still secure parity2 for the Olympics in 2012. But it would mean sacrificing some of the man's events to make way.

I remember, and I'll be perfectly3 honest, going to, you know, Women's World Road Championships seal 10, 15, 20 years ago, and it was a bit like watching pain trialing, being perfectly honest with you. Now if you go, like this weekend for instance, when the women's road race is on, it's a spectacular event. All of the other sports, not all of them, but I think 90 percent of them within the Olympic program are 50-50. And there is no reason why cycling should be any different. So, it's something that, as I said, we're still close at the moment. Then we can hope, hopefully within the discussions which we will have with the IOC in the coming weeks and months before they've made the final decision on the program on December, hopefully we can make some progress on that.

As Britain's Nicole Cooke attempts to defend her world title today, her current world and Olympic titles have already seen her achieve something no other rider has ever managed. The female role models are certainly there, even if for now they continue to be overload4.

Orla Chennaoui, Sky News, the World Road Championships in Switzerland.

 UCI: Union Cycliste Internationale

 
 


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1 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
参考例句:
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
2 parity 34mzS     
n.平价,等价,比价,对等
参考例句:
  • The two currencies have now reached parity.这两种货币现已达到同等价值。
  • Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。
3 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
4 overload RmHz40     
vt.使超载;n.超载
参考例句:
  • Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载,否则船会沉。
  • Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。
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