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No. 105: 🏅 Digi-Yuan @ The Olympics

No. 105: 🏅 Digi-Yuan @ The Olympics

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Feb 04, 2022
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The Winter Olympics begin this week, with Beijing becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter games.

I took a look at the gender split in past Winter Olympics and there is a clear trend over the years:

(Click on this image to see a hi-res version.)

Only 11 women competed back in 1924 at the Chamonix games, one of whom was an 11 year-…

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