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We delve into the 'Caitlin Clark phenomenon' in this broadcast of Ellas Hoy, because it seems to be transforming the way we see basketball played by women. Clark was the first pick in the draft by the Indiana Fever and she has broken all records in terms of viewership. We also talked about the steps and challenges in terms of gender equality in the Olympic Games, when there are less than 100 days until that, the most important event in sport. In addition, we talk about the protests by several Brazilian players over the reinstatement of coach Kleiton Lima, accused of harassment by several soccer players.
Here are some of the main events in world sport that have women as protagonists:
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The Caitlin Clark phenomenon spreads across the United States
It was no surprise to anyone: Caitlin Clark was chosen first in the WNBA draft. The 22-year-old basketball player will be the new player for the Indiana Fever team.
Clark has become a phenomenon in the United States, breaking all audience records. In part, her popularity led to the final of the women's college basketball league surpassing the men's, with an audience of 18.9 million viewers. All eyes were on the player who also broke all scoring records in that league on the field.
The announcement of the hiring of '22' led to all Indiana Fever tickets being sold out for the entire season and it was also announced that more than 30 team games will be broadcast on national television, something that far exceeds only one game last year that had that luck.
Despite everything, Clark—according to media such as 'El País'—, Clark will earn just 0.7% of her male counterpart. In this broadcast of Ellas Hoy we delve into this trend.
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Countdown to the Paris 2024 Olympics: what is gender parity about?
The Paris Olympic Games have been heralded as the most egalitarian in history. And there are facts that comply with the premise: in the jousts there will be the same number of male and female athletes, the finals of women's sports will take place in the highlights of the games.
However, as Eumar Esaá, a journalist specialized in sports at France 24, assures, “there is still a long way to go.” One of the big issues is in the coaches, in the Tokyo Olympics there were only 13% female technicians. Or this is also the case of the boards of sports federations, of which only four are led by women.
On the other hand, we also talked about the controversy that arose due to the presentation of a uniform by Nike for American track and field athletes. Although the company assured that there are multiple more designs to choose fromseveral athletes assured that their cut sexualizes the athletes' bodies.
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Symbolic protest in Brazil for reinstatement of a coach accused of abuse
The fields of Brazil were filled with acts of protest by several players from different women's soccer teams. The reason for the protest was the reinstatement of coach Kleiton Lima to Santos de São Paulo. The coach had been removed from office due to complaints from 19 players of sexual and moral harassment; but he returned to the team bench. Shortly after the demonstrations, Lima resigned. However, it is one more fact that exposes the violence that female soccer players continue to face in Latin America.
We spoke with Manuela Acosta, Colombian soccer player and co-founder of TransformándoNOS, who assured that “football allows us to understand that this is a systematic scenario. These are not isolated cases”. Furthermore, she points out that although leagues like the Brazilian one continue to advance, there are still no guarantees for female soccer players that protect them from this type of case.
Brazilian women's soccer teams 🇧🇷 covered their mouths in protest against the return of coach Kleiton Lima to Santos. He had left the position in September after 19 players reported harassment. The club announced his return in recent days.pic.twitter.com/7mb1NS9vgF
— VarskySports (@VarskySports) April 13, 2024
With Manuela Acosta we also talked about the great steps that women's soccer has taken in Latin America, and the great debts that still exist. “10 years ago it was impossible to dedicate yourself only to playing soccer in Latin America, not even 1% reached that possibility. Today 24% of female players can dedicate themselves exclusively to this profession“, she says. The challenge, now, is for that percentage to cover all those women who decide to dedicate their lives to this sport.
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