World beaters: Women athletes ruled the Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympics belonged to women.

The 2024 Paris Olympics belonged to women.

These were the first Games in history to achieve gender parity in terms of having an equal number of women and men compete. 

Women shone on the world stage, beating many records along the way.

Katie Ledecky of the U.S. celebrates after winning gold in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle on July 31.Sarah Stier / Getty Images filePerhaps most impressive is the sheer number of medals won by U.S. women.

They took 67 out of Team USA’s 126 total — outdoing the men by seven medals (though one of those medals, Jordan Chiles’ bronze, has been called into question after the International Olympic Committee asked her to cede it to Romania).

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/world-beaters-women-athletes-ruled-olympics-rcna166149

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