Tickets for top women’s events cheaper than men’s despite gender equality push

Much has been made of equality of sexes at the Paris Olympics, the first Games with a 50-50 male-female split among athletes, but there is a gender gap in official ticket prices albeit to ensure capacity crowds for women’s events.

A ticket for the athletics session including the men’s 100 metres final cost up to 980 euros ($1,071.14) but for the women’s 100 showpiece it was 690 and that session also had four other medal events whereas the men’s had two.

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