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Think of the best athlete in the world.

Think of the best athlete in the world. Are you thinking of soccer player

Christina Rinaldo or basketball great Michael Jordan? Maybe gymnast Simone Biles or

tennis superstar Serena Williams.

There are definitely lots of different people you could argue are the best in their sport.

They come from all different countries in sports.

They represent different genders and backgrounds.

If I ask you the same question about 70 years ago,

you'd have a lot fewer options to pick from,

and one thing's for sure,

you would have almost surely named a male athlete. This is because in the 1950s, the greatest

sports legends, and basically the only sports legends were men. It was very rare for women to play professional sports.

When they did, they were told they weren't as competitive or fun to watch as the men playing the same sport as them.

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