However one of Canada's big advantages is relative equality in funding for male and female athletes. In many European countries and other countries around the world male athletes receive the lion-share of funding. That gives our women a funding advantage and is one of the reasons why most of our medals, including gold medals, are won by female athletes. That advantage should fade however as countries see this as a flaw in their development system. With that said, many quasi-sexist countries value 'male' medals more than female medals so this could persist.
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