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Originally Posted by troutman
For example, I imagine there are far more men bobsledders than women, world-wide. Same with hockey, ski-jumping etc.
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It's much easier for men to get into those other sports also. For instance, the US Bobsledding team is made up largely of failed college football players and track athletes and they entice them to get into these other sports as a way to keep up their natural competitive drive because they don't want to quit sports.
For women, it's not quite the same. The pool is much smaller from the start and they have to be much more dedicated and so we are fortunate as a country to put so much focus and funding on them.