It’s finally the moment we’ve been anticipating for years: the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Did you know that there have been 28 Summer Olympics and 22 Winter Olympics (viaWorld Atlas)?

That’s an impressive number of record-defying athletes.

Someone holding a flag with Olympic rings

Reports suggest that this is due to men and women performing differently in certain sports.

Some say that this gap is physically impossible for women to bridge.

These superlatives are nothing to blink at, regardless of gender.

A male and female athlete in the Tokyo Olympics

These women are some of the most incredible and decorated athletes of all time.

On a large scale,female athletesare paid significantly less than their male counterparts.

Firstly, “mixed events” are sports where teams of both men and women compete cooperatively.

Simone Biles at the Olympics

These sports include badminton, luge, tennis, and ice skating.

Their scores are subsequently compared to those of their rivals.

And at this year’s Tokyo Olympics, archery is one of the newer mixed-sex sports.

Megan Rapinoe staring intensely

According to6News, “Each coed team has three men and three women.”

But this year’s Tokyo Olympics is giving the public hope.

Equestrian competition in the Olympics

Man and woman athletes in the Tokyo Olympics