Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job. But a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Olympic Games brought her back into the boat. This year, a woman’s rowing event was added to make sure that there is an equal number of men’s and women’s sports at the Olympics. That change meant four additional spots on the U.S. team and a place for Luczak. The rower said it was hard to make the decision to go back to the sport and leave her job for a year. She did not think it was possible until more seats were added. “There are four more seats,” Luczak said. “Four. And it’s the first gender-equal Olympics. How can you not try? Most of the public attention goes to big sports like gymnastics, swimming and track and field. But women from smaller sports that are less popular are now being recognized and given a chance to compete in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, added 18 new events to the Tokyo Games in a push toward gender equity. There are an equal number of women and men for every sport, aside from baseball and softball because of different team sizes. The IOC said 49 percent of athletes in Tokyo are women. That is up from 45 percent at the last Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The IOC said that when women began competing in the 1900 Paris Olympics, there were only 22 out of 997 total athletes. “Tokyo 2020 is predicted to be the most gender equal yet with female participation,” the IOC said.
Title: Tokyo Games Become First Gender-Equal Olympics
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5221/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Tokyo Games Become First Gender-Equal Olympics' data-article-id='5804'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6979'>Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job. </span> <span data-start-time='6979' data-end-time='17375'>But a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Olympic Games brought her back into the boat.</span> <span data-start-time='17375' data-end-time='31938'>This year, a woman’s rowing event was added to make sure that there is an equal number of men’s and women’s sports at the Olympics. </span> <span data-start-time='31938' data-end-time='41938'>That change meant four additional spots on the U.S. team and a place for Luczak.</span> <span data-start-time='41938' data-end-time='53500'>The rower said it was hard to make the decision to go back to the sport and leave her job for a year. </span> <span data-start-time='53500' data-end-time='60542'>She did not think it was possible until more seats were added.</span> <span data-start-time='60542' data-end-time='64771'>“There are four more seats,” Luczak said. </span> <span data-start-time='64771' data-end-time='69729'>“Four. And it’s the first gender-equal Olympics. </span> <span data-start-time='69729' data-end-time='73021'>How can you not try?</span> <span data-start-time='73021' data-end-time='84313'>Most of the public attention goes to big sports like gymnastics, swimming and track and field.</span> <span data-start-time='84313' data-end-time='97938'>But women from smaller sports that are less popular are now being recognized and given a chance to compete in the Olympics.</span> <span data-start-time='97938' data-end-time='112563'>The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, added 18 new events to the Tokyo Games in a push toward gender equity. </span> <span data-start-time='112563' data-end-time='126729'>There are an equal number of women and men for every sport, aside from baseball and softball because of different team sizes.</span> <span data-start-time='126729' data-end-time='135188'>The IOC said 49 percent of athletes in Tokyo are women. </span> <span data-start-time='135188' data-end-time='143104'>That is up from 45 percent at the last Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. </span> <span data-start-time='143104' data-end-time='157813'>The IOC said that when women began competing in the 1900 Paris Olympics, there were only 22 out of 997 total athletes.</span> <span data-start-time='157813' data-end-time='169417'>“Tokyo 2020 is predicted to be the most gender equal yet with female participation,” the IOC said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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