The echo of the unprecedented triple-point contest between Stephen Curry y Sabrina Ionescu of the All Star still lasts. Due to the event itself and Curry’s narrow victory -29 to 26-, the duel has heightened more than ever the debate about whether women’s competitions against men should be expanded.
In fact, mixed tournaments are growing and several mixed competitions are already being held in disciplines such as badminton, table tennis, judo or sailing, as was the case in recent years. Olympic Games from Tokyo.
But Ionescu, in response to MD, believes that women and men could also compete against each other in other sports such as soccer.
“Women against men in other sports like soccer? Yes, why not a penalty shootout? It would be nice to see how this continues to evolve in other sports. Obviously it is something that already happens in the tennisAlso in the golf. Just continue to create opportunities for women to get out there, show up and prove a lot of people wrong. It is going to change the narrative, something like changing the way in which people who are told it is impossible think about what we can do,” Ionescu said.
The star of the WNBA of the New York Liberty Not only did he stay close to the score of the best shooter of all time, but he also proved to be at least on the same level as Damian Lillard and above several of the best three-pointers in the NBA
Los 26 points from the base of Romanian descent were the same ones that Lillard needed to win the three-point contest, so the 26-year-old player surpassed the rest of the participants in points: Trae Young -the Hawks star was the other finalist-, Donovan Mitchell, Lauri Markkanen, Tyrese Haliburton, Jalen Brunson Karl-Anthony Towns and Malik Beasley.
Curry congratulates Ionescu after the duel
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Still, Sabrina Ionescu acknowledges that it will take time for her demands to expand the mixed competitions to other sports come true:
“Obviously, it’s not going to happen overnight, it’s going to create that kind of domino effect and over time we can continue to advocate for what we believe in,” Ionescu added. Elite sport, taking the next step to end the gender stereotypes.
2024-02-21 02:03:28
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